Patent ID: 8179766

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording device for recording content data onto a recording medium which has i) a first recording layer including a first data area in which the content data is recorded by applying a laser beam, and ii) a second recording layer including a second data area in which the content data is recorded by applying the laser beam through the first recording layer and on which an address of a position corresponding to a maximum capacity of the first data area is recorded in advance; a first reading device for reading the address of the position corresponding to the maximum capacity of the first data area; an obtaining device for obtaining a layer jump position in the content data; a calculating device for calculating an address of a position to start the recording of the content data such that the layer jump position in the content data corresponds to the address of the position corresponding to the maximum capacity of the first data area; and a first controlling device for controlling said recording device to record first padding data into an area from an address of a start position of the first data area to the address of the position to start the recording of the content data before the content data is recorded.