Patent ID: 8356235
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording method for recording data on a recording medium, comprising the steps of: recording data to a DVD having a management area and a user data area, recording data to a higher recording density disc, having a recording density that is higher than a DVD, having a management area and a user data area; when recording data to the higher recording density disc, recording data on the user data area of the higher recording density disc in units of a second recording block, wherein, data recorded on the management area of the higher recording density disc are composed of units of a first recording block, the first recording block comprises data of a bytes, the second recording block comprises data of b bytes, b is approximately equal to the integral multiple of a and larger than a, and information related to the higher recording density disc is recorded on the management area in units of the first recording block; when recording data to a DVD, recording data on the user data area of a DVD in units of a third recording block, wherein, the third recording block comprises data of c bytes, and b is approximately equal to the integral multiple of c and larger than c.