Patent ID: 7680398

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a file generating section for receiving video data including a plurality of video unit data each representing a video and audio data related to the video data, generating a video data file by providing a plurality of video specific data to the plurality of video unit data, the plurality of video specific data for identifying the plurality of video unit data, and generating an audio data file by providing audio specific data to the audio data, the audio specific data for identifying the audio data; a dividing section for receiving the video data file and the audio data file, dividing the video data file into a plurality of video data elements, and dividing the audio data file into a plurality of audio data elements related to the plurality of video data elements, wherein an i-th (i is an integer) video data element of the plurality of video data elements includes a predetermined number of video unit data of the plurality of video unit data; an arranging section for arranging the i-th video data element and an i-th audio data element related to the i-th video data element among the plurality of audio data elements such that the i-th audio data element and the i-th video data element are recorded within a predetermined recording unit; and a recording section for recording the arranged i-th video data element and the arranged i-th audio data element on an information recording medium, wherein the file generating section further receives auxiliary data including compressed video data which has been compressed at a higher compressibility than the video data, and further generates an auxiliary data file by providing auxiliary data specific data to the auxiliary data, the auxiliary data specific data for identifying the auxiliary data, the dividing section divides the auxiliary data file into a plurality of auxiliary data elements related to the plurality of video data elements, an i-th auxiliary data element of the plurality of auxiliary data elements is related to the i-th video data element, the dividing section specifies a position in the video data file corresponding to a head of the i-th auxiliary data element, and the dividing section divides the video data file such that a position, which is ahead of the specified position and which is spaced from the specified position by an integer multiple the size of an ECC block unit of the information recording medium, is a head of the i-th video data element.