Patent ID: 7418196

Claim:
A DVD recorder comprising: a signal converting device that signal-converts a reproduced video image which is a digital video signal outputted from a digital video camera for a digital videotape into a video signal for recording which is a video signal to be recorded on an optical disk; a bit rate computing device that computes a bit rate when the video signal for recording signal-converted from the reproduced video signal is recorded on the optical disk; an automated dubbing key provided in a remote controller; and a recording time acquiring device that acquires a recording time of the video signal recorded on the digital videotape on the basis of signal outputted from the digital video camera when the digital videotape is fast-forwarded from a leading position to an ending position of recording in the digital video camera, wherein when an automated dubbing key is depressed, the recording time acquiring device is caused to acquire the recording time of the video signal recorded on the digital videotape, on the basis of the recording time acquired by the recording time acquiring device, the bit rate computing device is caused to compute the bit rate when the video signal for recording is recorded on the optical disk, the bit rate being a constant value which is valid from when the recording of the recording video signal on the optical disk is started to when it is ended, and the signal converting device is caused to carry out the signal conversion according to the bit rate computed by the bit rate computing device, whereby the recording video signal is recorded on the optical disk.