Patent ID: 8032011

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording a moving picture file and a still picture file to a program area on an optical disk comprising: a management information generating means for generating management information for a file to be recorded; a recording means for recording the file in combination with the management information for the file to the program area on the optical disk, the file on the optical disk being reproducible on a standard DVD player that supports only DVD video format; and a control means for controlling the management information generating means and the recording means to successively record the file to continuous area of said program area: wherein when the file is the moving picture file, the management information for the file and backup information for the management information are recorded, after the moving picture file is recorded with reserving recording area for the management information, the management information for the moving picture file, the moving picture file itself, and the backup information for the management information being recorded sequentially; and wherein when the file is the still picture file, the management information is recorded to successive area after the still picture file is recorded, the still picture file and the management information for the still picture file being recorded sequentially, and wherein the control means is instructed based on an instruction of an operation for finalization of the optical disk to control the management information generating means and the recording means to record: first management information corresponding to a computer-based file management system, generated from the management information for all moving picture files and intermediate management information for all still picture files, to a first management information recording area of the management information recording area on the optical disk, wherein the intermediate management information for the still picture files comprising attribute extensions, addresses and sizes of the still picture files, and date and time when the still picture files are recorded to the optical disk; and second management information corresponding to a DVD video format-based file management system, generated from the management information for only moving picture files, to a second management information recording area of the management information recording area.