Method of recording still pictures onto a recording medium

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of grouping still pictures recorded on a recording medium for the purpose of efficient management. The present method records still pictures onto a recording medium, groups the recorded still pictures based on their attributes and attributes of recorded audio data associated with respective still pictures, creates management information about each still-picture group, and writes the group management information onto the recording medium. Owing to the recorded group management information, a user can find easily and rapidly many still pictures on a recording medium that have been obtained in same photographing condition. <IMAGE>