Patent ID: 7203415

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: recording means for recording a first data set in a recording medium; input means to designate a file name corresponding to a start point and an end point of a desired second continuous data set, wherein said second continuous data set is a subset of said first data set to be recorded in or already recorded in said recording medium by said recording means, said second continuous data including all of said first data set recorded in said recording medium between a start time associated with said start point and an end time associated with said end point, said second continuous data set including a plurality of images recognizable by a user, wherein the input means allows input of a file name information signal designated by a user, and further allows input of a time code information signal; and control means, for controlling said recording means so as to endlessly-record and re-record a non-designated portion of said first data in said recording medium which excludes said designated second continuous data set, such that the recording means endlessly records data in the recording medium in said non-designated portion while preserving said designated second continuous data set.