Patent ID: 8260114

Claim:
In a video recording and playback equipment which inputs from the outside and records a file of a predetermined file format containing video data and metadata accompanying said video data including information about at least an identification tag to identify said video data and data size of said video data, and which plays said video data, said video recording and playback equipment, comprising: a receiver configured to receive said file from the outside; an analyzer configured to analyze a memory location of said video data contained in said file received by said receiver with reference to said identification tag to identify said video data and said data size of said video data; a playback information table configured to memorize said memory location analyzed by said analyzer as playback information; a program data memory configured to memorize said file analyzed by said analyzer without changing said predetermined file format received by said receiver; and a decoder configured to judge said memory location of said video data with reference to said playback information, and to play said video data from said file memorized on said program data memory.