Patent ID: 8655155

Claim:
An apparatus for multiplexing video data and audio data and for recording the multiplexed video data and audio data to a record medium, the apparatus comprising: a data input section configured to receive the video data and the audio data; a recording section configured to multiplex the video data and the audio data into a multiplexed stream and record the multiplexed stream as a stream file to the record medium during a period of time; an information storing section configured to store stream information associated with the stored stream file without requiring any supply of power; a management information creating section configured to periodically create the stream information for the stream file at different times during the period of time; and a control section for controlling the recording section and the management information creating section such that the control section causes the information storing section to periodically store the stream information created by the management information section during the record time, wherein the stream information comprises at least one decoding unit start position and information associating the decoding unit start position with a corresponding clip AV stream file.