Patent ID: 6978084
Filing Date: 2005-12-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording method for recording data onto an information recording disk including a volume space, comprising: determining whether a file is an AV file including AV data; when it is determined that the file is the AV file, searching for at least one unrecorded area; and recording the AV data in the at least one searched unrecorded area, the step of recording the AV data including: detecting a defective sector in the at least one searched unrecorded area; when the defective sector is skipped, determining whether or not the number of skips in a predetermined area in the at least one searched unrecorded area exceeds a maximum value of an acceptable number of skips in the predetermined area; when the number of skips does not exceed the maximum value, recording the AV data while skipping the at least one sector including the detected defective sector; and when the number of skips exceeds the maximum value, issuing information indicating that the number of skips exceeds the maximum value.