Patent ID: 8306398
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A recording control apparatus, comprising: a first data recording section configured to record a beginning portion of new data in a physical storage area on a randomly accessible storage medium in which a clip was previously recorded, the clip including a data body portion in which data is stored and a management information portion arranged subsequent to the data body portion, the data body portion being a sequence of units segmented according to a predetermined data size, the data being divided among the segmented units, wherein data recording on the storage medium is performed such that the beginning portion of the new data is recorded in a leading additional recording area that extends from an additional recording start position within a predetermined one of the segmented units of the previously recorded clip to an end position of the one of the segmented units of the previously recorded clip, the beginning portion of the new data having a data size equal to a data size of the leading additional recording area; a second data recording section configured to record a subsequent portion of the new data as further data divided among additional segmented units in another physical storage area on the storage medium other than the physical storage area in which the previously recorded clip is recorded; a management information recording section configured to update the management information portion to reflect the new data recorded by the first data recording section and the second data recording section so as to link the end position of the one of the segmented units of the previously recorded clip in which the beginning portion of the new data is recorded and a beginning position of the another physical storage area on the storage medium in which the subsequent portion of the new data is recorded, and to physically record data indicating the updated management information portion in the storage medium; and a storage medium managing section configured to manage content stored in the storage medium so that the new data that has been recorded by the first data recording section and the second data recording section is included within an extended data body portion that starts at the beginning of the data body portion of the previously recorded clip and ends at the end of the recorded new data.