Patent ID: 8094993

Claim:
A video recording apparatus that records a plurality of frame image data pieces, comprising: a reception unit operable to receive communication data including a plurality of pairs of a frame image data piece and a size information piece indicating a size of the frame image data piece; a recording unit operable to extract the frame image data pieces and the size information pieces from all of the pairs in the communication data and to record the extracted size information pieces and frame image data pieces to a recording medium; a comparison unit operable to compare (i) a total actual size that is a total of actual sizes of all of the frame image data pieces recorded on the recording medium and (ii) a total management size that is a total of sizes indicated by the size information pieces; a specification unit operable to, when the total actual size is smaller than the total management size, with use of (i) a difference between the total actual size and the total management size and (ii) the size information pieces, specify an incomplete frame image data piece from which data is partially missing; and a management unit operable to prevent playback of the specified incomplete frame image data piece.