Patent ID: 7359621

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: recording means for recording second audio data to be reproduced together with image data instead of first audio data, on a recording medium on which the image data and the first audio data have been already recorded, the first audio data including a plurality of first audio packets, the first audio data including time stamp information indicating an output timing of the first audio data in a reproduction system, the time stamp information being multiplexed in the first audio data at a predetermined interval; designating means for arbitrarily designating an after-recording audio reproduction portion of the first audio data to reproduce the second audio data instead of the first audio packets; position information generation means for generating position information indicating a position of the first audio packet of the after-recording audio reproduction portion in the first audio data, in response to the designation by said designation means, the position information including information indicating a position of the first audio packet having the time stamp information immediately before the designation by said designation means, and time information indicating a difference between a timing of reproduction of the first audio packet having the time stamp information immediately before the designation by said designation means and the timing of the designation by said designation means; and control means for controlling said recording means such that said recording means records the position information on the recording medium together with the second audio data.