A recording apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record moving image data including a plurality of frames on a recording medium. The recording medium includes a plurality of clusters. The apparatus also includes an editing unit of the moving image data, a setting unit configured to optionally set the editing unit, a management information processing unit configured to generate management information including link information indicating a cluster number of the moving image data to be reproduced next with respect to a plurality of clusters having the moving image data recorded thereon, and a control unit configured to control the recording unit to record a front frame of each editing unit in the moving image data on an area beginning with a cluster of the recording medium based on the editing unit set by the setting unit.