Patent ID: 7672565

Claim:
A record control apparatus comprising: a buffer for storing moving image data belonging to a chapter, storage size detecting means for detecting that the moving image data stored in the buffer increases in size beyond a first size which is a size of a moving image object other than a final moving image object and then reaches a second size which is a size of a moving image object for a seamless connection, final data detecting means for detecting that a final moving image data belonging to the chapter is stored in the buffer, and moving image object output means for retrieving a portion of the moving image data, stored in the buffer, corresponding to the first size from the head of the moving image data, and outputting the portion of the moving image data as the moving image object if it is detected that the moving image data stored in the buffer reaches the second size over the first size, and retrieving a whole moving image data stored in the buffer and outputting the retrieved moving image data as a moving image object if it is detected that the final moving image data belonging to the chapter is stored in the buffer.