In an editing apparatus and an editing method where the editing operation is enhanced in easiness and accuracy, a marker RSM or GSM is detected by a fast access to a tape-shaped recording medium 1, material data read out according to the detection of the marker from the tape-shaped recording medium are registered onto a given file 125, then material data registered on the file 125 are displayed and an edit list of material data is made out using the displayed material data, so that the operation of making out an edit list can be simplified without making an access to material data of the tape-shaped recording medium 1.