A multimedia information recording device is used for efficiently
recording multimedia information (100) file storage area (111) on a
recording medium (110). From the multimedia information given to the
device, a data body DB and control information (HD and FD) are created
and given to a file storage area writing section (106) where the data is
written in parallel at a time on a free cluster in the file storage area.
In the free area of each cluster where the data is written, dummy data is
packed by a dummy data adding section (107) to absorb the difference
between the first position of a cluster and the first position of the
data in the cluster. Thus, data rewriting to eliminate this difference is
avoided. Information for connecting plural clusters where data is written
is created by a multimedia information file creating section (108), and
the multimedia information is recorded in a multimedia information file
on the recording medium.