Patent ID: 6728175
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G11B,G11C

Abstract:
A recording apparatus for recording on a disc shaped recording medium, comprising:a recording unit operable to record disc management information, audio and/or video information and playback control information on the recording medium; and a controller operable to control the recording unit to perform a write and verify operation when the playback control information is recorded, and to control the recording unit not to perform the write and verify operation when the audio and/or video information is recorded, whereby when audio and/or video information is being recorded and a defective sector of the recording medium is encountered, an indication that the sector is defective is provided and the sector is passed over during recording, and when disc management information is being recorded and a defective sector of the recording medium is encountered a logical replacement is provided for the defective sector such that a defective indication is not necessary and the system does not appear to be passing over the sector.