Video recording method and video recording device

A video recording device that records a video on a recording medium in a file format, comprising:

• an imaging unit configured to take an image of an object;
• a signal processing unit configured to process an output from the imaging unit;
• a video encoding unit configured to encode an output from the signal processing unit in a predetermined encoding method to output a video;
• a format control unit configured to control a recording format so as to generate and record a file according to a format defined such that a BDMV directory is placed and both of a directory to record the video and a directory to record a Playlist file are placed below the BDMV directory, and form the format such that one PlayItem, Entry for PlaylistMark and date and time information are generated in each recording of one scene from start to end of video recording and a plurality of PlayItems, a plurality of Entry for PlaylistMarks and a plurality of date and time information are stored in one Playlist file;
• and
• a recording control unit configured to record the video on the recording medium according to the recording format,
• wherein when a new scene is recorded in the state where a first Playlist file is recorded, all of PlayItem, Entry for PlaylistMark and date and time information which correspond to the new scene are stored in the first Playlist file without generating a new Playlist file as long as the number of PlayItems stored in the first Playlist file does not exceed a predetermined number.