To make an editing work efficient by recording information in which a frame number is added with respect to a recording number to be updated every time a new video is recorded on the same recording medium as absolute address information with respect to the video recording part.

When operation mode instructing signals of a recording and a reproduction or the like outputted from a key input device 31 arc inputted, a tape driving control system 32 is controlled so as to become a corresponding mode. A signal indicating a transition state is supplied to a display device 33, which displays the status state of a VTR 10. Address information and the content of a comment are displayed on the device 33 in addition to time code information and the frame number during the recording and the reproduction. A personal computer 35 is provided in the VTR 10 and these serial data are applied to a main control part 30 to be transmitted to the computer 35. A memory 40 is provided in the main control part 30 and, also, a frame counter 41 is provided in the inside of the part 30 and a frame number or the like are generated, based on the time code, etc.