Patent ID: 8798441

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording video data and audio data in a recording medium in an MPEG4 file format, the recording apparatus comprising: a transmitting unit; a first MPEG4 file format generating circuit configured to generate first MPEG4 data including multiplexing information of the video data and the audio data having stored in a MOOV BOX in the MPEG4 file format; a second MPEG4 file format generating circuit configured to: store reproduction information required for reproducing the first MPEG4 data from MPEG4 data including the multiplexing information having stored in a MOOF BOX in the MPEG4 file format in a BOX in the MPEG4 file format for storing type of data that is ignored at a time of playing; generate second MPEG4 data including both the MPEG4 data and the BOX for storing type of data that is ignored at a time of playing; and output the second MPEG4 data to an external apparatus via the transmitting unit; and a controller configured to record the MPEG4 data generated by the first MPEG4 file format generating circuit in a recording medium.