Patent ID: 7389038
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A multimedia information recording apparatus recording a multimedia information file having a data body including data for forming an image and control information for controlling said data body on a recording medium every specific area having a specific size, wherein said recording medium at least has a data area where said multimedia information file is recorded and a management information area where information for managing the state of arrangement of said multimedia information file recorded in said data area is recorded, said multimedia information recording apparatus comprising: file writing means for specifying a plurality of said specific areas of said data area being in an empty state capable of data writing and writing said data body and said control information in said specified plurality of specific areas in an arbitrary sequence in parallel; dummy data writing means for writing dummy data in an area in an empty state in at least one of said specified plurality of specified areas after said data body and said control information are written by said file writing means; and link information writing means creating area link information for linking at least one said specific area where said data body and said control information are written by said file writing means according to the sequence for forming said multimedia information file and writing said area link information in said management information area.