A recording apparatus of the present invention includes a management
information processing portion for generating management information
describing a reproducing procedure for reproducing a series of
information data by designating positions of from a head to an end of the
series of information data recorded during a period of from an
instruction of a record start to an instruction of a record stop at the
time of a recording operation of moving image data to a recording medium,
a playlist processing portion for selecting a part of the series of
information data in accordance with a predetermined condition at the time
of the recording operation of the information data to generate the series
of information data, and a recording portion for recording the management
information and the playlist information on the recording medium.