Patent ID: 7043620

Claim:
In a recording apparatus in which a program area of a recording medium is managed according to a management table recorded in a predetermined area on the recording medium to record a desired file to the program area, when the file is a moving picture file formatted for reproduction by a dedicated reproducing apparatus for the recording medium, it being recorded in combination with management information for the extension file to a program area, while the address of the management information is recorded to the management table, or when the file is an extension file other than a moving picture file formatted to be readable by a dedicated reproducing apparatus for the recording medium, it being recorded in combination with individual management information for the extension file to the program area; guide information for the extension file, including at least the address of the individual management information, being recorded to the recording medium; the address of the extension-file guide information being recorded to the management table; and an identification code indicative of an extension file type in the corresponding individual management information and recording format in the management information being allocated to the extension-file guide information.