Recording and reproducing apparatus

A recording and reproducing method comprising steps of:

• a reproduction step of reproducing information data, which is error-correcting-coded for every N tracks, from a recording medium, wherein the information data includes moving image data which is variable-length-encoded;
• a recording step of recording moving image data on the recording medium;
• a detection step of detecting additional information from the information data reproduced in the reproduction step, wherein the additional information indicates that the editing point, which can be set up for every frame of a predetermined number, is contained in the moving image data recorded in the N tracks;
• a controlling step of controlling a reproducing processing in the reproduction step to reproduce the information data by transporting the tape-shaped recording medium at a high-speed faster than a normal reproduction speed and a recording processing in the recoding step to record new moving image data from the editing point which is determined based on the additional information which is detected from the information data reproduced by transporting the recording medium at the high-speed.