Patent ID: 7136573

Claim:
A recording rate automatic setting recording device, comprising: recording means for recording a video signal on a predetermined recording surface of an information recording medium; reserved recording time detecting means for, on the basis of recording reservation information, detecting a reserved recording time needed for reserved recording; remaining capacity calculating means for detecting an entire capacity and a remaining capacity of a first recording surface of the information recording medium which can be accessed by the recording means, and for, assuming a capacity which is at least half of the entire capacity of the first recording surface to be a remaining capacity of a second recording surface of the information recording medium, calculating a capacity, in which the remaining capacity of the first recording surface and the remaining capacity of the second recording surface are added together, as an entire remaining capacity; first recording bit rate setting means for setting a recording bit rate, on the basis of the entire remaining capacity calculated by the remaining capacity calculating means and the reserved recording time detected by the recording time detecting means; and first recording control means for, in accordance with the recording bit rate set by the first recording bit rate setting means and the recording reservation information, recording a target video signal onto the first and second surfaces of the information recording medium.