Patent ID: 7657153

Claim:
A data processing apparatus capable of writing program data concerning video and/or audio on a first storage medium and a second storage medium, comprising: a reception section for receiving a signal concerning the program data; a selection section for selecting, from among a plurality of formats, a format which is writable on the first storage medium; and a control section for writing the program data on the first storage medium in the selected format, and after writing on the first storage medium is ended, continuing to write the program data on the second storage medium in the format, wherein, with respect to a series of said program data written on the first storage medium and the second storage medium, the control section generates splice management information and further writes the splice management information on the second storage medium, the splice management information including: first list information for identifying a first portion of the program data written on the first storage medium; and second list information for identifying a second portion of the program data written on the second storage medium.