Patent ID: 7224657

Claim:
A method for compensating recording end address, used in a optical disk record by an optical disk drive, wherein the method is used for preventing an overlap or a gap between a first recording session and a second recording session, and the first recording session and the second recording session are divided by a non-informational area, the method comprising the steps of: (a) reading out a recording end address A 1 of the first recording session; (b) recording the second recording session continuously, and reading out a recording start address A 2 of the second recording session; (c) detecting the recording end address A 1 of the first recording session and the recording start address A 2 of the second recording session, if the first recording session and the second recording session being overlapped (A 1 >A 2 −1), proceeding to step (d), if at least one blank frame being detected between the first recording session and the second recording session (A 1 <A 2 −1), proceeding to step (e); (d) shortening a length of the non-informational area, and recording the non-informational area later; and (e) extending the length of the non-informational area, and recording the non-informational area earlier.