Patent ID: 7031238

Claim:
A dubbing apparatus comprising: a source output unit to output data by a succession of program units; a compressing means for receiving output data from the source output unit and compressing the data to generate compressed dubbing data; an encode counter for counting an aggregate size of the compressed dubbing data; means for generating breakpoint information indicative of a per-program breakpoint of the compressed dubbing data based on specified information indicating a per-program breakpoint of the output data from the source output unit; a first recording unit for receiving the compressed dubbing data and recording the compressed dubbing data to a predetermined first recording medium; and a first management information generating means for acquiring the aggregate size from the encode counter when breakpoint information is generated and generating first management information for managing the operation of read/write from/to the first recording medium in such a manner that the compressed dubbing data recorded in the first recording unit is managed per program based on the aggregate size and breakpoint information.