Patent ID: 7039297

Claim:
A recording method for recording data onto an information recording disk including a volume space, comprising: determining whether a file is an AV file including AV data; when it is determined that the file is the AV file, searching for at least one unrecorded area which has a predetermined size or a larger size; recording the AV data in the at least one searched unrecorded area, wherein the predetermined size is determined based on a buffer capacity included in a reproduction apparatus for reproducing the AV data and access performance of the reproduction apparatus such that the AV data can be continuously reproduced; when it is determined that the file is the AV file, generating file management information including first location information specifying an AV extent of an area in which the AV data is recorded and second location information specifying a padding extent of an area from an end of the AV extent to at least one boundary of an ECC block; and recording the file management information in the volume space.