摘要 |
<p>One embodiment of an invention provides a method of creating a database of positions of file management information, or start positions of file data of each file, in a file system, and an apparatus configured to realize the method. According to an embodiment of the invention, the existence of an image file indicated in a specific file format is searched according to file management information indicating file formats, when playback of an image is instructed, and the management information is stored in a database when the existence of management information expressed in a specific format is searched. Information which indicates a record start position of an image file in a recording unit, given the management information of a higher-order folder including the stored management information, is stored in a database.</p> |