Patent ID: 6600868
Filing Date: 2003-07-29
Classification: G11B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An information processing system for storing data to a plurality of recording media in a distributed manner comprising:first detecting means for detecting identification information corresponding to each of a plurality of recording media; second detecting means for detecting a free condition of each of said plurality of recording media, wherein said free condition includes a number of free blocks of each recording media and a total free capacity of each recording media; storage control means for storing information in an internal list corresponding to each of said plurality of recording media, said stored information indicating a storage condition of each block of each of said recording media, wherein, if said second detecting means determines that a block of a particular recording medium is in a free condition, a time code and length of said free block is recorded and a number of free blocks and total free capacity of said particular recording media is recorded in said internal list, and wherein if said second detecting means determines that a block of a particular recording medium is not in a free condition, a previous-contents recording medium ID and associated overlap time, and a next-contents recording medium ID and associated overlap time are recorded in said internal list; setting means for setting a recording of said plurality of recording media, on the basis of said free conditions of said each of said plurality of recording media; and recording control means for recording data on one or more of said plurality of recording media in accordance with said recording order set by said setting means.