Patent ID: 7463815

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: input means for inputting moving image data; first interface means for recording and playing back the moving image data on and from a first recording medium; second interface means for recording and playing back the moving image data on and from a second recording medium; instruction means for providing a recording start instruction and a recording stop instruction of the moving image data; and control means for controlling said first interface means so as to start to record the moving image data on the first recording medium in accordance with the recording start instruction, determining whether an available capacity of the first recording medium is less than a predetermined capacity or not, and controlling said second interface means in accordance with a determination result, wherein said control means further controls said first and second interface means so as to: if a determination is made that the available capacity of the first recording medium is less than the predetermined capacity before the recording stop instruction is provided: start recording ensuing moving image data on the second recording medium; stop the recording on the second recording medium when the recording stop instruction is provided; and move, to the second recording medium, the moving image data recorded on the first recording medium between a time when the recording start instruction is provided and a time when the determination is made that the available capacity of the first recording medium is less than the predetermined capacity, and if the recording stop instruction is provided before the determination is made that the available capacity of the first recording medium is less than the predetermined capacity: prohibit the moving image data recorded on the first recording medium from being moved to the second recording medium.