Patent ID: 7346265
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: recording means which writes AV data in or reads AV data from a recording medium having a predetermined format; recording control means which, when there is a write error in writing of AV data in a disk access unit which is a minimum unit for continuously accessing said recording medium, controls said recording means such that this disk access unit will be skipped and said AV data will be written in the next disk access unit, wherein a replacement area which corresponds to said disk access unit in which there is said error is not formed in said recording medium, error judging means which makes a judgment regarding whether said write error has occurred, wherein said recording control means controls said recording means based on said judgment, and wherein said error judging means judges that said write error or said read error has occurred when even after a timer over period derived from the continuity of AV data has passed, writing or reading of said AV data in said disk access unit fails to complete; and a write skip counter which counts the number of times that said disk access unit is skipped. wherein said recording control means controls such that when said number of times exceeds a predetermined value which is equal to or larger than 1, this disk access unit will not be used after this, and wherein the number of times counted by said write skip counter is not initialized unless said recording medium conforms to the predetermined format.