Patent ID: 8213763
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video data copying apparatus comprising: a remaining space reading unit that reads, from a first copy destination recording medium into which video data is to be copied, the remaining recordable space in the first copy destination recording medium; a scene data size reading unit that reads, from a copy origin recording medium in which video data composed of a single scene or plural scenes is recorded, the size of copy target scene data, the copy target scene data being scene data that is to be copied into the first copy destination recording medium; and a control unit that copies the copy target scene data into a second copy destination recording medium in the case where both (i) the remaining recordable space in the first copy destination recording medium is smaller than the size of the copy target scene data and (ii) a playback time of the copy target scene data corresponding to the size of a portion in the first copy destination recording medium into which data can be copied is less than or equal to a first predetermined time.