Patent ID: 8285116

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: an interface configured to receive content data transferred from at least one external device; a re-encoding unit, coupled to the interface, configured to re-encode the content data; a recording unit, coupled to the re-encoding unit, configured to record the content data; and a control unit, coupled to the re-encoding unit and the recording unit, configured to: determine, based on a transfer speed, a transfer mode of the content data transferred from the external device, re-encode the content data using the re-encoding unit and record the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a first speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is compatible, and record the content data transferred from the external device in the recording unit, and thereafter, re-encode the content data read out from the recording unit using the re-encoding unit, and re-record the re-encoded content data in the recording unit when the determined transfer mode is a second speed-based transfer mode with which the re-encoding unit is not compatible.