Patent ID: 7092619
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data recording apparatus, comprising: receiving means for receiving a variable bit-rate data stream, the variable bit-rate data stream encoded in MPEG format; storing means for temporarily storing said variable bit-rate data stream into a buffer memory; detecting means for detecting a continuous recordable area on said recording medium having a size of at least a predetermined length for which the variable bit-rate data can be reproduced without an interruption; and recording means for recording in the continuous recordable area the data included in the variable bit-rate data stream, in which the recording means includes means for detecting the length of a remaining portion of the next part of the data, that was not recorded, and if said remaining portion has a length less than said predetermined length, then locating another non-recorded area on said recording medium having a size of at least said predetermined length.