Image pickup apparatus, control method thereof, storage medium, and computer program product

The invention provides an image pickup apparatus, a control method thereof, a storage medium, and a computer program product. The image capturing apparatus capable of capturing a moving image generates metadata to be recorded at least in units of frames, and records the generated metadata and moving image data in one file. The image pickup apparatus performs control such that metadata having the same content generated by the image pickup apparatus is recorded in a plurality of different regions of the one file. 本发明提供一种摄像设备及其控制方法、存储介质和计算机程序产品。能够拍摄运动图像的该摄像设备生成要至少以帧为单位记录的元数据，并将所生成的元数据和运动图像数据记录在一个文件中。该摄像设备进行控制，使得该摄像设备所生成的具有相同内容的元数据被记录在该一个文件的多个不同区域中。