RECORDING DEVICE, RECORDING METHOD, REPRODUCING DEVICE, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

[PROBLEMS] To shorten a time required for start-up. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] In a recording medium, an index file for managing a contents file is recorded with the contents file. The index file is composed of, for instance, a text file (FTX), a thumbnail image file (FTH) and a property file (FP). Each file has a configuration wherein fixed length slots are successively arranged. The fixed length slots are managed by slot numbers (index information) indicating arrangement order. The file is provided with a prescribed number of management information areas wherein one or a plurality of fixed length slots are connected. The management information area is identified by the index information of the leading fixed length slot. In a prescribed entry, the slot number for identifying other entry is registered. Based on the slot number and a slot size, a storage position of other entry on the index file is detected, and data of other entry can be acquired.