Patent ID: 7859962

Claim:
Device for recording real-time information on a record carrier in a track on a recording layer via a beam of radiation, the device comprising, recording means for recording real-time information, which recording means include a head ( 22 ) for providing the beam of radiation and a real-time information buffer ( 32 ), an interface ( 34 ) for transfer of real-time information and control data between a source and the recording means, the control data including commands, and a control unit ( 20 ) for, while recording the real-time information, detecting an inability to write information on the record carrier for a period exceeding a local real-time information buffering capacity of the real-time information buffer, sending a stop command to the source for temporarily interrupting the transfer of real-time information from the source, and sending a resume command to the source for resuming the transfer of real-time information after detecting that said inability has ended.