Patent ID: 7865061

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: setting means for setting a unit of time length of moving image data including a plurality of frames, the unit of time length including at least one frame of the moving image data; a time length instruction unit configured to provide an instruction for changing the unit of time length, the setting means changing the unit of time length in accordance with the instruction for changing the unit of time length provided by the time length instruction unit; a recorder configured to record a moving image file including the moving image data on a recording medium including a plurality of clusters, the recorded moving image data of one moving image file including a plurality of the units of time length set by the setting means; a management unit configured to generate management information containing a link information indicating a cluster number of the moving image data to be reproduced next with respect to a plurality of clusters in which the moving image data are recorded; and a controller configured to control the recorder in accordance with the unit of time length set by the setting means so as to record a front frame of each of the plurality of units of time length included in the moving image data of one moving image file on a front of a cluster of the recording medium.