Patent attributes
A recording apparatus for recording, when an encoded stream is provided, the encoded stream on a predetermined recording medium, the encoding stream including a plurality of groups each including a plurality of encoded unit data obtained by an encoding process performed for a plurality of unit data which form a stream, the recording apparatus including: a detection section configured to detect the structure of each of the groups which form the encoded stream; and a recording control section configured to produce, when a different group having a structure different from a prescribed structure is detected by the detection section, specification information with which the position of the different group in the encoded stream can be specified and record the specification information as metadata of the encoded stream on the predetermined recording medium.
