Patent ID: 7603520

Claim:
A recording apparatus, comprising: a memory configured to store data in segments of a first unit size; a recording section configured to write data to an optical disc in segments of a second unit size, which is larger than the first unit size; and a recording control section configured to control the recording section, read data from the memory, cause the recording section to write the data read from the memory to the optical disc in a first segment of the second unit size, close the first segment in which the data of the optical disc have been written, and set a write start position of the optical disc to a second segment of the second unit size following the closed first segment, wherein the recording control section gathers a plurality of pieces of non-real time meta data corresponding to one clip and causes the recording section to record the gathered plurality of pieces of non-real time meta data in segments of the second unit size to the optical disc, and the recording control section controls the recording section to record the plurality of pieces of the non-real time meta data corresponding to the one clip in a unit of a set composed of a plurality of segments of the second unit size to the optical disc and successively record the segments of the second unit size containing the non-real time meta data every two sets.