Patent ID: 7555204

Claim:
An image pickup apparatus comprising: image pickup means for forming an image of a desired object and for forming a video signal; audio signal input means for inputting an audio signal corresponding to the video signal; and recording means for detachably holding a recordable disc recording medium and for recording the video and audio signals on the recordable disc recording medium, wherein an information recording surface of the disc recording medium is divided into at least a first concentric area and a second concentric area, the second concentric area being separate from the first concentric area, the first concentric area including an edit list recording area and a management data recording area, the edit list recording area being provided within a third concentric area associated with the first concentric area, the management data recording area being provided within a fourth concentric area associated with the first concentric area, the fourth concentric area being separate from the third concentric area, the video signal and the audio signal being recorded in the second concentric area, management data for management of the video and audio signals being recorded in the fourth concentric area which provides the management data recording area, data of an edit list for editing the video and audio signals recorded on the recordable disc recording medium being recorded in the third concentric area which provides the edit list recording area, wherein after the recording means records the video and the audio signals in the second concentric area, a predetermined editing apparatus in which the recordable disc recording medium is loaded records the data of the edit list in the third concentric area.