Patent ID: 8565587

Claim:
A recording control apparatus that controls a recording device that records image data of a program, wherein the recording device having a first recording standby state and a second recording standby state having larger power consumption than the first recording standby state, and required time from a point at which the recording device receives a recording instruction until recording of image data starts in the second recording standby state being shorter than the first recording standby state, the recording control apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives image data of a program; a determination unit that determines a recording tendency of the program being received by the receiving unit based on a title of the program being received by the receiving unit and a recording history of image data by the recording device; and a control unit configured to control the recording device based on the recording tendency determined by the determination unit, wherein the control unit sets the recording device to the first recording standby state in a case where the receiving unit has been receiving a program of low recording tendency, and sets the recording device to the second recording standby state in a case where the receiving unit has been receiving a program of high recording tendency.