Patent ID: 7890553

Claim:
An information recording apparatus for recording contents on a recording medium and managing the contents by using a content management file, the information recording apparatus comprising: a control unit that checks a recording state of the recording medium loaded in the information recording apparatus to determine a size of the content management file to be recorded on the recording medium; a content management file creating unit that creates the content management file having the size determined by the control unit; and recording means for recording the created content management file on the recording medium, wherein the control unit determines the size of the content management file on the basis of the recording capacity of a first area where the contents are to be recorded on the recording medium, the first area being separate from a second area where the content management file is to be recorded, and a predetermined average size of the contents to be recorded on the recording medium, and wherein the recording means records the content management file in accordance with the determined size on the recording medium.