Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording program, and image capturing apparatus, image capturing method and image capturing program

In a recoding method of multiplexing video data and audio data and recording multiplexed data to a record medium, characterized in that the recording method comprise:

• a record command input step of inputting a record start command and a record stop command for the video data and the audio data that have been input to a data input section;
• a recording step of multiplexing the video data and the audio data and recording the multiplexed stream as a stream file to the record medium;
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• a management information creation step of generating reproduction management information for controlling a reproduction of the stream file recorded on the record medium, the reproduction management information being composed of first management information which represents attribute information of the stream file and second management information which contains information which represents a reproduction method for the stream file,
• the management information creation step being performed by determining whether or not the information which represents the reproduction method for the stream file recorded on the record medium is additionally written to a predetermined entry of the second management information contained in an existing entry of the reproduction management information according to the record start command by the record command input section based on the existing entry of the reproduction management information.

In a recoding program of causing a computer apparatus to execute a recording method of multiplexing video data and audio data and recording multiplexed data to a record medium, characterized in that the recording method comprise:

• a record command input step of inputting a record start command and a record stop command for the video data and the audio data that have been input to a data input section;
• a recording step of multiplexing the video data and the audio data and recording the multiplexed stream as a stream file to the record medium;
• and
• a management information creation step of generating reproduction management information for controlling a reproduction of the stream file recorded on the record medium, the reproduction management information being composed of first management information which represents attribute information of the stream file and second management information which contains information which represents a reproduction method for the stream file,
• the management information creation step being performed by determining whether or not the information which represents the reproduction method for the stream file recorded on the record medium is additionally written to a predetermined entry of the second management information contained in an existing entry of the reproduction management information according to the record start command by the record command input section based on the existing entry of the reproduction management information.

In an image capturing apparatus which multiplexes video data captured and obtained from a subject by an image capturing section and audio data collected and obtained by a sound collecting section and records multiplexed video data and audio data to a record medium, characterized in that

• the image capturing apparatus comprises:
• the image capturing section which captures the image of the subject and outputs the video data;
• the sound collecting section which collects a sound and outputs audio data,
• a recording section which multiplexes the video data and the audio data and records the multiplexed stream as a stream file to the record medium;
• an operation section which accepts user's operations for a record start command and a record stop command for the video data and the audio data to the record medium;
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• a management information creation section which creates reproduction management information for controlling a reproduction of the stream file recorded on the record medium, the reproduction management information being composed of first management information which represents attribute information of the stream file and second management information which contains information which represents a reproduction method for the stream file,
• the management information creation section determines whether or not the information which represents the reproduction method for the stream file recorded on the record medium is additionally written to a predetermined entry of the second management information contained in an existing entry of the reproduction management information according to the record start command corresponding to the user's operations to the operation section based on the existing entry of the reproduction management information.

In an image capturing method of multiplexing video data captured and obtained from a subject by an image capturing section and audio data collected and obtained by a sound collecting section and recording multiplexed video data and audio data to a record medium, characterized in that

• the image capturing method comprises:
• a recording step of multiplexing the video data and the audio data captured and obtained from an subject by the image capturing section and the audio data collected and obtained by the sound collecting section and recording the multiplexed stream as a stream file to the record medium;
• an accepting step of accepting user's operations for a record start command and a record stop command for the video data and the audio data to the record medium against an operation section;
• and
• a management information creation step for generating reproduction management information for controlling a reproduction of the stream file recorded on the record medium, the reproduction management information being composed of first management information which represents attribute information of the stream file and second management information which contains information which represents a reproduction method for the stream file,
• the management information creation step being performed by determining whether or not the information which represents the reproduction method for the stream file recorded on the record medium is additionally written to a predetermined entry of the second management information contained in an existing entry of the reproduction management information according to the record start command corresponding to the user's operations to the operation section based on the existing entry of the reproduction management information.

In an image capturing program of causing a computer apparatus to execute an image capturing method of multiplexing video data captured and obtained from a subject by an image capturing section and audio data collected and obtained by a sound collecting section and recording multiplexed video data and audio data to a record medium, characterized in that

• the image capturing method comprises:
• a recording step of multiplexing the video data and the audio data captured and obtained from an subject by the image capturing section and the audio data collected and obtained by the sound collecting section and recording the multiplexed stream as a stream file to the record medium;
• an accepting step of accepting user's operations for a record start command and a record stop command for the video data and the audio data to the record medium against an operation section;
• and
• a management information creation step for generating reproduction management information for controlling a reproduction of the stream file recorded on the record medium, the reproduction management information being composed of first management information which represents attribute information of the stream file and second management information which contains information which represents a reproduction method for the stream file,
• the management information creation step being performed by determining whether or not the information which represents the reproduction method for the stream file recorded on the record medium is additionally written to a predetermined entry of the second management information contained in an existing entry of the reproduction management information according to the record start command corresponding to the user's operations to the operation section based on the existing entry of the reproduction management information.