Patent ID: 7876647

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for managing data that is recorded on a recording medium, the information processing apparatus comprising: copying means for copying an identifier for identifying a format that is managed by a first file for managing information recorded on the recording medium, the identifier being included in the first file; creating means for creating a second file including the identifier copied by the copying means and label information describing content of the data, further comprising a setting means for setting the label information, wherein the creating means creates the second file including the identifier copied by the copying means and the label information set by the setting means, and wherein said label information includes information regarding a representative frame image representing all the frame images of image data included in the recording medium; recording means for recording the second file created by the creating means in the format identified by the identifier on the recording medium, as a file that is different from the first file; and a comparing means for comparing an identifier included in the second file with an identifier included in the first file recorded onto the recording medium, wherein the recording means records the second file in the format identified by the identifier on the recording medium only when it is determined as a result of comparison by the comparing means that the identifier included in the second file matches with the identifier included in the first file.