Patent ID: 8509594
Filing Date: 2013-08-13
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An editing apparatus comprising: a recording control section, which, when a predetermined command is received, exercises recording control as a process for the received command; and a recording section configured to record at least two data packages on a predetermined recording medium under control of the recording control section, wherein after a data package is recorded on the predetermined recording medium, during recording of another data package the recording control section determines whether the recording should finish at a time point of finishing the recording of the another data package, when the result of the determination indicates that the recording should finish, the recording control section controls the recording section so as to finish the recording at an out point, and when the result of the determination indicates that the recording should not finish, the recording control section controls the recording section to record a post-roll time period of data after the out point and then finish the recording, and wherein a setup procedure for specifying whether or not to record the post-roll time period of data after the out point or to finish the recording at the out point is performed during recording of the another data package.