Patent ID: 8260123
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information recording method by which data of a DVD content having been distributed from a source to a recording apparatus by way of a communications channel is recorded into a recording medium, comprising: obtaining, at the source, content that complies with the DVD format, dividing data of the obtained DVD content into a plurality of transport stream packets such that: providing at least one of a hard disk and a large-capacity optical disk as a possible selection for the recording medium; when the recording medium is selected to be a hard disk or a large-capacity optical disk, performing the following: recording, by the recording apparatus, the transport packets into the recording medium, wherein: the obtained DVD content is distributed by the source to the recording apparatus via the communications channel either before or after the dividing step is performed, and the information related to the recording positions are added to the predetermined area in the correlating control bytes.