Patent ID: 8565584

Claim:
An editing apparatus editing a file of video data, a frame size of which being variable, the editing apparatus comprising: a recording medium in which a first file and a second file to be edited are recorded; and a processing unit implemented in hardware for (1) creating a bridge file for connecting the first file and the second file to be edited based on designation of an IN point of the first file, an OUT point of the second file, and connection points of the first file and the second file, wherein a frame preceding the connection point of the first file being made an OUT point of the first file and a frame following the connection point of the second file being made an IN point of the second file, and the bridge file connecting the OUT point of the first file and the IN point of the second file; (2) recording the bridge file into the recording medium in which the first and second files are recorded, and (3) creating an editing result file comprising information, as file system information, indicating (a) a recording position from the IN point to the OUT point in the first file, (b) a recording position from the IN point to the OUT point in the second file, and (c) a recording position of the bridge file, in the recording medium, wherein the processing unit generates address information and size information of each frame of the editing result file independently from address information and size information of each frame in the first and second files; and wherein the processing unit is enabled for (i) managing areas corresponding to a recording position of the first file, a recording position of the second file, and a recording position of the bridge file in a recording area of the recording medium, as areas referred to by the first file, the second file, and the bridge file, respectively, and (ii) managing areas corresponding to the recording positions indicated by the editing result file in the recording area of the recording medium, as areas referred to by the editing result file.