Patent ID: 7974518
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A record/play device comprising: a recording unit configured to record, on a recording medium, a series of data sequentially being input to the record/play device; a changing unit configured to change, while recording the data by the recording unit, a size at which the data is to be recorded on the recording medium to a different size from a size at which data has been recorded on the recording medium; a playback unit configured to play back, while recording the data by the recording unit, the data recorded by the recording unit; a record-instruction receiving unit configured to receive record-instruction for the recording unit to start recording; a setting unit configured to set to a predetermined size, when the record instruction is received, the size of the data at which the data is to be recorded; and a detecting unit configured to detect number of times of recording data at the predetermined size, wherein the playback unit is configured to start playing back the data recorded by the recording unit when the number reaches a predeteimined number, and the changing unit is configured to change the size at which the data is to be recorded to a larger size than the predetermined size, upon the playback unit starting to play back.