Patent ID: 8433183

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: reading means for reading, in predetermined timing, one or more pieces of digital still picture data recorded in a digital still picture format on a predetermined recording medium; converting means for performing converting processing of converting the one or more pieces of said digital still picture data from said reading means into converted data for recording in accordance with a digital moving picture format to combine the one or more pieces of said digital still picture data, wherein the converting processing is performed during a period, which is between the timing of receiving an instruction from a user to perform finalizing processing or to remove the recording medium from recording system, and the timing of performing the finalizing processing, the finalizing processing being performed to form and update managing information for managing the converted data; recording means for recording said converted data formed by said converting means onto said recording medium; and controlling means for informing the user of the number of the digital still pictures capable of being taken, wherein the number of the digital still pictures capable of being taken is calculated in consideration of an amount of the digital still picture data to be recorded in a digital moving picture format, on basis of a remaining recording space on the recording medium, wherein the remaining recording space is calculated based on an amount of recorded data which is calculated by adding together an amount of data recorded in the digital moving picture format and an amount of data recorded in the digital still picture format, and wherein a reproduction position of the digital still picture data in the form of an I-picture of a MPEG system is changed to an arbitrary position by modifying VTIS information or PGCI and Cell information.