Patent ID: 7203795

Claim:
A recording apparatus for recording a received signal as digital data in a file format, comprising: a buffer memory for temporarily storing the received signal as digital data; a storage unit for storing the digital data in the file format; a memory controller for performing a control causing the digital data temporarily stored in said buffer memory to be stored in said storage unit in the file format; and a manual input device for inputting a division command for dividing the digital data at an arbitrary instant in order to store the digital data in said storage unit as files divided one from another, while said buffer memory receives the signal continuously; wherein said memory controller carries out the control in such a manner that the digital data continuously stored in said buffer memory is stored in said storage unit at a writing speed which is higher than a speed at which the digital data is stored in said buffer memory, to thereby allow the digital data continuously stored in said buffer memory to be stored as said files divided at the arbitrary instant corresponding to the division command from said manual input device.