Patent ID: 8391670

Claim:
A recording apparatus configured to record data of a moving image and data of a still image onto an optical disk, the recording apparatus comprising: a control unit that controls, based on a type of medium of the optical disk or a number of still images on the optical disk, a decision as to whether or not to convert the data of the still image into moving image data when the optical disk is finalized; a converting unit that converts the data of the still image into the moving image data in a same format as the data of the moving image when: the optical disk is finalized, and a decision of the control unit is to convert the data of the still image into the moving image data when the optical disk is finalized; and a recording unit that records the moving image data converted by the converting unit onto the optical disk when the converting unit converts the data of the still image into the moving image data, wherein the decision of the control unit to convert the data of the still image into the moving image data is independent of a decision to record the data of the moving image onto the optical disk, and wherein the control unit automatically controls the converting unit not to convert the data of the still image into the moving image data when the number of still images recorded on the optical disk, after completion of a last finalize process of the optical disk, is less than a predetermined number, wherein the last finalize process converted a different still image to the moving image data.