A recording control apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a video of a scene around a vehicle while the video is being captured; a recording control unit configured to set a moving image file for recording the video being captured and acquired by the image acquisition unit, segmenting the video into predetermined time units and record the video being captured in the set moving image file until the predetermined time unit has elapsed, at which time the recording control unit is further configured to set a new subsequent moving image file, to switch a destination of recording the video to the subsequent moving image file, and to close the preceding moving image file that has been the recording destination; a display control unit configured to play back the video recorded in the moving image file; and a user operation reception unit configured to receive a user operation input from a user, wherein when the user operation reception unit receives a request from a user to play back a just-before portion of the video while the video is being recorded in a respective moving image file, wherein the just-before portion is a portion immediately preceding the point of time when a request for playback is received; the recording control unit is configured to, regardless of whether the predetermined time unit has elapsed, set a subsequent moving image file that will be a new recording destination of the video to switch to the new recording destination, and to close the preceding moving image file, that has been the recording destination, and the display control unit is configured to play back the video, starting at a point of time reached by going back from an end of the preceding moving image file by a predetermined period of time. an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a video of a scene around a vehicle while the video is being captured; a recording control unit configured to set a moving image file for recording the video being captured and acquired by the image acquisition unit, segmenting the video into predetermined time units and record the video being captured in the set moving image file until the predetermined time unit has elapsed, at which time the recording control unit is further configured to set a new subsequent moving image file, to switch a destination of recording the video to the subsequent moving image file, and to close the preceding moving image file that has been the recording destination; a display control unit configured to play back the video recorded in the moving image file; and a user operation reception unit configured to receive a user operation input from a user, wherein when the user operation reception unit receives a request from a user to play back a just-before portion of the video while the video is being recorded in a respective moving image file, wherein the just-before portion is a portion immediately preceding the point of time when a request for playback is received; the recording control unit is configured to, regardless of whether the predetermined time unit has elapsed, set a subsequent moving image file that will be a new recording destination of the video to switch to the new recording destination, and to close the preceding moving image file, that has been the recording destination, and the display control unit is configured to play back the video, starting at a point of time reached by going back from an end of the preceding moving image file by a predetermined period of time.