RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS, REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD, REPRODUCING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

When additional recording is performed by a recording apparatus and a program of a different method of management information construction to a recording medium having recorded thereon management information data such as a content parameter, a menu, a play list and a menu display image together with content data such as an audio, a static image and a video, consistency of the management information data is lost. It is possible to record in a file header portion of a management information file group an editor identifier for identifying an apparatus and a program having edited that file, trace update history of the file with a file management device and update information with a management information file creation device 15 by reflecting an intention of management information already recorded so as to keep the consistency of the management information.