Patent ID: 9532025
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for performing pre-programmed recording of two or more pre-programmed recordings, each pre-programmed recording having an associated specified recording bit rate, the method comprising: determining the storage space required on a recording medium for performing the two or more pre-programmed recordings with the specified recording bit rate; before starting recording of a first pre-programmed recording, comparing the available storage space on the recording medium with the required storage space; in case the required storage space exceeds the available storage space, retrieving for each pre-programmed recording a user-settable priority indicator associated with the pre-programmed recording; reducing the specified recording bit rate for one or more of the pre-programmed recordings taken as a whole, based on a priority basis in accordance with the retrieved user-settable priority indicators such that the required storage space no longer exceeds the available storage space; and starting recording of the first pre-programmed recording.