Patent ID: RE41081

Claim:
A data recording and reproducing apparatus wherein data reproduced by external equipment is inputted to an input port, comprising: recording and reproducing means for recording and reproducing data by using a nonlinear-accessible recording medium; input and output means having at least one input port for inputting data and at least one output port for outputting data, the input and output means being capable of making time division access to the recording and reproducing means; editing means for editing data by using at least either data inputted from the input port or data reproduced by the recording and reproducing means; and controlling means for controlling the external equipment or the recording medium so as to advance the time to reproduce data from the external equipment or the recording medium, in consideration of a magnitude of delay that occurs until data reproduced by the external equipment or the recording medium is inputted to the editing means, from the time in a case in which the magnitude of delay is not taken in consideration, when the editing means edits data by using data inputted from the input port and data reproduced by the recording and reproducing means.