Apparatus and method for video/audio recording

A recording apparatus comprising:

• a power source switch operable to turn a power source of said recording apparatus ON and OFF;
• an input section operable to input data containing at least one of video data and audio data;
• an attribute designation section operable to generate attribute information which is required when the input data is recorded on a recording medium;
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• a recording section operable to record the input data on the recording medium in a file-by-file manner based on the attribute information generated by said attribute designation section, wherein:
• said attribute designation section is operable to generate the attribute information, such that the input data inputted from said input section, in a first ON time period from a time at which said power source switch turns the power source ON to a time at which said power source switch turns the power source OFF, is classified into a group, and the input data inputted from said input section, in a second ON time period subsequent to the first ON time period, is classified into another group;
• when the input data inputted from said input section, in the second ON time period, is classified into the other group, said recording section is operable to assign a predetermined file name, which is not associated with a file name assigned to the input data inputted in the first ON time period, to the input data to be classified into the other group;
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• the predetermined file name includes an identification number for identifying the input data classified in a same group, and the identification number includes the lowest number among a group of identification numbers which can be assigned in the same group.