Patent ID: 6434323
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A digital information recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing digital information including an audio signal and/or video signal, said apparatus comprising:first recording and/or reproducing means which records and/or reproduces the digital information on a nonlinear-access recording medium; second recording and/or reproducing means which records and/or reproduces the digital information on a tape recording medium having a recording capacity which is greater than the recording capacity of said nonlinear-access recording medium; and control means which controls said first and second recording and/or reproducing means such that when said nonlinear-access recording medium has its vacant area decreasing below a prescribed capacity, the digital information on said nonlinear-access recording medium is erased so that the erased area is added to the vacant area until the vacant area regains the prescribed capacity, and the digital information, which is erased from said nonlinear-access recording medium, is recorded onto said tape recording medium.