Patent ID: 8649657

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record a moving image file including a first area for storing moving image data and a second area for storing meta data constructed by one or more tracks into a recording medium; a generating unit configured to generate position information regarding a position of the moving image data in the first area; and a control unit configured to generate a first track, control the generating unit and the recording unit so as to generate first position information, store the first position information into the first track and store the first track into the second area to record the first track as the moving image file into the recording medium, wherein the control unit generates a second track when a size of the moving image file has reached a preset threshold value, and the control unit further controls the generating unit so as to generate second position information which can represent a larger value than the first position information with respect to the position of the moving image data in the first area, and also controls the recording unit so as to store the second position information into the second track and store the first and second tracks into the second area to record the moving image file into the recording medium.