Patent ID: 8023803

Claim:
A moving picture recording apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives moving picture data that includes video data, first and second channels of audio data, and third and fourth channels of audio data from an external device; and a control unit that (a) controls the moving picture recording apparatus to store the moving picture data that includes the video data, the first and second channels of audio data, and the third and fourth channels of audio data in a moving picture file, and (b) controls the moving picture recording apparatus to store the third and fourth channels of audio data extracted from the moving picture data in an audio file different from the moving picture file without storing the first and second channels of audio data in the audio file, wherein the control unit controls the moving picture recording apparatus to store silent data in the audio file, when a predetermined data is not detected from the moving picture data and a first user setting is activated, wherein the control unit controls the moving picture recording apparatus to close the audio file and generate a new audio file for storing the third and fourth channels of audio data, when the predetermined data is not detected from the moving picture data, the first user setting is not activated, and a second user setting is activated, and wherein the control unit controls the moving picture recording apparatus not to close the audio file so that the moving picture recording apparatus can store the third and fourth channels of audio data in the audio file without storing silent data in the audio file, when the predetermined data is not detected from the moving picture data, the first user setting is not activated, and the second user setting is not activated.