Patent ID: 6052247
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An apparatus for recording information signals in a track on a record carrier, comprising:input means for receiving an information signal;processing means for processing the information signal, said processing means making the information signal suitable for recording in at least one track on said record carrier; andwriting means for writing, after processing, the information signal in said at least one track on said record carrier, wherein said record carrier is a longitudinal record carrier having two end positions, and said writing means starts writing on a portion of said record carrier from a start position viewed in length direction of the record carrier, and proceeding in a direction towards one of the end positions of the record carrier,characterized in that the portion of the record carrier between said start position and said one end position is divided into a first sub-portion lying adjacent the start position and a second sub portion lying adjacent said one end position of the record carrier, wherein said processing means forms a first portion of a first information signal as blocks of information, and said writing means writes said blocks of information intermittently in said at least one track in said first sub-portion of the record carrier, starting from said start position, and said processing means forms a second portion of said first information signal as a continuous signal, and said writing means writes said second portion continuously in said second sub-portion of the record carrier.