Patent ID: 7469094

Claim:
An optical disc recording method for recording a set made up of a file to be recorded and management information of the file into a user area on a rewritable optical disc while conforming to a recording format for a playback-only recording medium including at least a file containing recording information to be reproduced and management information for managing the recording information, and file management information for managing one or plural files, the method comprising: securing an innermost recording area for temporary management information for managing the file to be recorded in the user area, management information conformable to the recording format of the playback-only recording medium, and management information for managing recording information of the file to be recorded; recording the temporary management information for managing a current file to the innermost recording area and subsequently recording the recording information of the current file to be recorded to a first recording area; recording the management information for managing the recording information of the current file to the first recording area so as to close the current file, then securing a next recording area for a next file to be recorded, the temporary management information for managing the current file and management information for managing recording information of the next file to be recorded, then recording the temporary management information for managing the current file to the next recording area, and rewriting the previously recorded temporary management information with a latest temporary management information; and every time a file is recorded, securing a next recording area for a next file to be recorded, the temporary management information for managing the current file and management information for managing recording information of the next file to be recorded, then recording the latest temporary management information for managing the current file to the next recording area, and updating the temporary management information recorded at least on the innermost recording area.