Patent ID: 8849098
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus that records data on a plurality of recording media, the recording apparatus comprising: an input unit which receives data; a recording and reproducing unit which records and reproduces the data on and from the plurality of recording media; and a controller which controls the recording and reproducing unit to execute a dubbing process of reading data from a recording medium on reading side and recording the read data on a recording medium on recording side and generates management information for discriminating the recording medium on reading side in the dubbing process, wherein, during the dubbing process, in response to a recording instruction to record input data received by the input unit, the controller selects the recording medium on reading side as a recording medium on which the input data is to be recorded in response to the recording instruction from among the plurality of recording media based on the management information and controls the recording and reproducing unit to record the input data on the recording medium on reading side.