Patent ID: 7602676
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A device for recording information on a record carrier of a writable type by writing the information on a track on a recording layer of said record layer via a beam of radiation, said recording layer comprising a pre-track pattern indicating the position of the track, the device comprising: a head for providing the beam of radiation; recording means for recording the information with the beam of radiation from the head in the track according to a predefined recording format for constituting a recording area containing user data preceded by a lead-in zone located at the start of the recording layer and followed by a lead-out zone located at the end of the user data; wherein said recording means corporate with the head for said recording of the information; a lead-out means included in said recording means for finalizing the record carrier for playback on a reading device that cannot detect the pre-track pattern, the finalizing comprising determining if data written in the recording area extends up to a predefined physical position, and, if not, recording lead-out information with the recording means, and, if the data extends at least up to the predefined position, not recording any lead-out information.