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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2005
Toshihiro Ishizaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Date, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahito Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Kanota, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Ishizaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Date, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Shimoda, Tokyo, JP;
Takahito Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Keiji Kanota, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a recoding apparatus and a recording method, a playback apparatus and a playback method, a recording/playback apparatus and a recording/playback method, and a program, whereby processing relating to a file can be readily performed. With a video camera wherein with regard to H.264/AVC for example, which is a coding method arranged to encode or decode data, a codec class arranged to classify the performance of a codec configured to encode or decode data, and a codec level serving as a group of said one or more codec classes whose upper compatibility is ensured, are based on stipulated specifications, data is encoded into, for example, coded data of a codec class #, for example, within a codec level AVC_A by H.264/AVC. The coded data is recorded in a recording medium, for example, as a file 'AVCA0001.MP4' whose file name represents the codec level AVC_A of the coded data. The present invention can be applied to, for example, a video camera from which a recording medium can be detachable.