Patent ID: 8761570

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: data input means for inputting data; first moving image signal recording means for recording, based on the input data, a first moving image signal having a first image quality attribute in a first recording medium; condition detection means for detecting that the input data satisfies a predetermined condition during recording of the first moving image signal; second moving image signal recording means for recording concurrently with the recording of the first moving image signal, a second moving image signal in a second recording medium, when the condition detection means detects that the input data satisfies the predetermined condition, the second moving image signal having a second image quality attribute, and each of the second moving image signal and the first moving image signal representing the input data in its entirety, and wherein the first recording medium and the second recording medium are distinct recording medium; and management information recording means for recording management information that indicates association between the second moving image signal and a record position thereof in the first moving image signal, wherein the management information is to be utilized for reproduction of the first moving image signal and the second moving image signal.