Patent ID: 8571382

Claim:
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising: a reproducing unit constructed to reproduce image data from a plurality of first recording media, wherein the reproducing unit reproduces management information from one first recording medium of the plurality of first recording media, wherein said one first recording medium is included in one group of the plurality of first recording media and the management information indicates the plurality of first recording media included in the one group, and wherein the management information reproduced from said one first recording medium indicates another of the first recording media other than said one first recording medium of the one group; a storage unit constructed to store a plurality of the image data reproduced from the plurality of first recording media by said reproducing unit; a recording unit constructed to record the plurality of image data stored in the storage unit on a second recording medium that is different from the plurality of first recording media in the one group; and a control unit constructed to control the recording unit, according to the management information reproduced from said one first recording medium, to read out from the storage unit the image data reproduced from the plurality of first recording media of the one group and to record the image data read from the storage unit on the second recording medium.