Patent ID: 6836385
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A recording/reproducing apparatus comprising;storage means for storing information read from a recording medium on which the information is written in a prescribed number of groups; means for reading the information on said recording medium; and control means for controlling the write in said storage means of at least a prescribed time or quantity of information corresponding to a beginning address of each of said groups, wherein the information on said storage means read at a speed which is higher than or equal to a speed at which the information is reproduced, wherein said control means controls the write of the information read from said recording medium while it controls reproduction of the information written in said storage means at any time, and wherein said control means causes a prescribed time or quantity of information written in said storage means to be held therein and the other information written in said storage means to be held therein and the other information to be discarded after reproduction.