Patent ID: 8175441

Claim:
A recording apparatus for a semiconductor memory card that stores a plurality of still image objects and an audio sequence including a plurality of audio objects, said recording apparatus comprising: an assigning unit operable to assign, to playback route information, at least one still image object that is to be displayed throughout playback of the plurality of audio objects in the audio sequence, and assign at least one still image object that is to be displayed throughout playback of a particular audio object to the particular audio object; and a recording unit operable to record on to the semiconductor memory card; at least one piece of playback route information which indicates an order in which audio objects, out of the plurality of audio objects in the audio sequence, are to be played back; at least one piece of first pointer information, wherein each of the at least one piece of first pointer information corresponds to a piece of the playback route information and indicates the at least one still image object assigned to the audio sequence, and at least one piece of second pointer information, wherein each of the at least one piece of second pointer information corresponds to an audio object in the audio sequence and indicates the at least one still image object assigned to the particular audio object.