Patent ID: 9196311
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video recording device that records a video on a recording medium in a file format, comprising: an imaging unit configured to image an object; a signal processing unit configured to process output from the imaging unit; a video encoding unit configured to encode output from the signal processing unit in a predetermined encoding method to output a video; a format control unit configured to control recording format so as to generate and record a file according to a format defined such that a BDMV directory is placed and both of a directory to record the video and a directory to record a PlayList file are placed below the BDMV directory, and form the format such that one PlayItem is generated in each video recording and a plurality of PlayItems are stored in one PlayList file; and a recording control unit configured to record the video on the recording medium according to the recording format, wherein when a video based on output from the imaging unit is recorded in the state where a first PlayList file is recorded, the PlayItems associated with the video are stored in the first PlayList file without generating a new PlayList file as long as the number of PlayItems stored in the first PlayList file does not exceed a predetermined number.