<p>There is provided a recording/reproducing apparatus capable of obtaining a stable trickily played image at the time of trick play by simple processing without managing time for each reproduction at a predetermined number of times the speed at the time of normal reproduction. A normal play recording data generating portion 1 generates normal play recording data from a bit stream 201. The trick play recording data generating portion 2 generates trick play recording data from the bit stream 201. A packet generating portion 3 generates a time information packet representing time information for managing the time when a reproduced image is outputted and a control information packet representing control information for decoding trick play recording data, and outputs each of the packets to the trick play recording data generating portion 2 such that the time information and the control information are respectively recorded at predetermined positions of a trick play area. A recording portion 5 respectively records through a recording head 6 normal play recording data in a predetermined normal play area on a recording medium 202 and trick play recording data in a trick play area on a recording medium 202. <IMAGE></p>
