Patent ID: 7583886

Claim:
An image data recording and reproduction apparatus comprising: a first recording and reproduction unit configured to record image data to and to reproduce image data from a first recording medium, a second recording and reproduction unit configured to record image data to and to reproduce image data from a second recording medium, a controller configured to control the first and second recording and reproduction units so that image data are transferred from the first recording medium to the second recording medium, and a play list editor configured to edit a play list of image data to be transferred from the first recording medium to the second recording medium according to a selection by a user in a predetermined unit of image data recorded on the first recording medium, wherein the controller, in response to the user operation, is configured such that when there are already-reproduced image data recorded on the second recording medium, the already-reproduced image data are automatically deleted in a smaller unit than the predetermined unit, and next image data determined according to image data recorded on the second recording medium and the play list are automatically transferred from the first recording medium to the second recording medium in the smaller unit than the predetermined unit.