A recording apparatus for multiplexing video data and audio data and recording the multiplexed data onto a recording medium, comprising: a data input unit (40, 41) to which said video data and said audio data are inputted; a recording instruction input unit to which instructions for a recording start and a recording stop of said video data and said audio data are inputted; a recording unit configured to multiplex said video data and said audio data and record a multiplexed stream as a stream file onto the recording medium; a management information forming unit configured to, for said stream file recorded onto said recording medium, form an attribute file in which at least reproducing time information and address information of said stream file are made to correspond and a reproduction list file in which one or more reproducing interval data which designates a reproducing interval by setting a reproduction start point and a reproduction end point for said stream file is stored and in which mark information showing the reproducing time information for said stream file can be stored; and a control unit configured to control said recording unit and said management information forming unit, wherein said control unit controls said recording unit so as to record said video data and said audio data corresponding to an interval between the recording start and the recording stop based on the instructions of said recording instruction input unit as said one stream file onto said recording medium and controls said management information forming unit so as to form said reproducing interval data which designates said one whole stream file as a reproducing interval and store said mark information showing time information corresponding to reproduction start time which is designated by said reproducing interval data into said reproduction list file, wherein said recording instruction input unit receives an operation of a user, and wherein said control unit controls in such a manner that when said corresponding attribute file is recorded just after said stream file was recorded to said recording medium, said operation for said recording start to said recording instruction input unit is not received until the recording of said attribute file is completed. a data input unit (40, 41) to which said video data and said audio data are inputted; a recording instruction input unit to which instructions for a recording start and a recording stop of said video data and said audio data are inputted; a recording unit configured to multiplex said video data and said audio data and record a multiplexed stream as a stream file onto the recording medium; a management information forming unit configured to, for said stream file recorded onto said recording medium, form an attribute file in which at least reproducing time information and address information of said stream file are made to correspond and a reproduction list file in which one or more reproducing interval data which designates a reproducing interval by setting a reproduction start point and a reproduction end point for said stream file is stored and in which mark information showing the reproducing time information for said stream file can be stored; and a control unit configured to control said recording unit and said management information forming unit, wherein said control unit controls said recording unit so as to record said video data and said audio data corresponding to an interval between the recording start and the recording stop based on the instructions of said recording instruction input unit as said one stream file onto said recording medium and controls said management information forming unit so as to form said reproducing interval data which designates said one whole stream file as a reproducing interval and store said mark information showing time information corresponding to reproduction start time which is designated by said reproducing interval data into said reproduction list file, wherein said recording instruction input unit receives an operation of a user, and wherein said control unit controls in such a manner that when said corresponding attribute file is recorded just after said stream file was recorded to said recording medium, said operation for said recording start to said recording instruction input unit is not received until the recording of said attribute file is completed.