Patent ID: 8750689

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record a moving image file including a first area for storing moving image data and a second area for storing meta data including one or more tracks into a recording medium; a generating unit configured to generate first position information representing a position of the moving image data in the first area and second position information which can represent a larger value than the first position information with respect to the position of the moving image data in the first area; and a control unit configured to generate a first track and control the recording unit so as to store the first track into the second area and to record the moving image file into the recording medium, wherein, if a size of the moving image file recorded in the recording medium exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the control unit stores both of the first position information and the second position information into the first track, and if the size of the moving image file recorded in the recording medium does not reach the predetermined threshold value, the control unit stores the first position information into the first track of the moving image file and does not store the second position information into the first track of the moving image file.