Patent ID: 8483543

Claim:
A video camera apparatus including an image pickup device for capturing an image, said apparatus comprising: a content recording unit configured to record, on a recording medium, video data content including a motion image captured by the image pickup device; a first file generation unit configured to generate reference type movie data corresponding to the recorded video data content in accordance with a first file format concurrently with capturing the motion image by the image pickup device, by describing, in the generated reference type movie data, reference information of the corresponding video data content including the motion image recorded on the recording medium by the content recording unit; a first recording unit configured to record the reference type movie data on the recording medium as a file; an editing instruction unit configured to instruct to edit the motion image included in the video data content recorded on the recording medium; a second file generation unit configured to generate playlist data according to a second file format different from the first file format so as to describe, in the playlist data, the reference type movie data describing therein the reference information of the video data content corresponding to the motion image to be edited in accordance with an instruction by the editing instruction unit, thereby providing an editing result corresponding to the instruction by the editing instruction unit as the reference type movie data described in the playlist without editing the motion image itself included in the video data content recorded on the recording medium; and a second recording unit configured to record the playlist data on the recording medium as a file for reproducing the motion image corresponding to the instruction by the editing instruction unit.