Patent ID: 8023799

Claim:
A recording apparatus that performs a recording operation on a first recording medium on which first identification information for identifying the recording medium, first data, and data editing information which is information on an editing result of the first data are recorded, the recording apparatus comprising: a reading unit, implemented by a processor, configured to read second identification information from a detachable second recording medium on which the second identification information for identifying a predetermined recording medium, first low resolution data which is obtained by reducing the data size of second data recorded on the predetermined recording medium, and first low resolution data editing information which is information on an editing result of the first low resolution data are recorded; a determination unit, implemented by the processor, configured to determine whether the second identification information read by the reading unit matches the first identification information; and an update unit, implemented by the processor, configured to update the data editing information recorded on the first recording medium on the basis of the first low resolution data editing information recorded on the second recording medium when the determination unit determines that the second identification information matches the first identification information.