Patent ID: 8401372

Claim:
An image recording apparatus comprising: means for storing recording preset information constituted by a recording start time and a recording end time of each of preset programs for unattended recording, a program input route through which to input each of said preset programs, and an image recording quality; means for judging whether any of said preset programs for unattended recording overlap between the recording start times and the recording end times of the programs; second means for judging whether the overlapping preset programs can be recorded simultaneously; means for giving a warning if any of said overlapping preset programs are not judged to be simultaneously recordable; means for prioritizing said overlapping preset programs for unattended recording; a plurality of audio/video inputs; a multiplexer/demultiplexer; and a buffer, wherein, when the second means for judging determines that the overlapping preset programs can be recorded simultaneously, the overlapping preset programs are simultaneously recorded onto a storage medium, and the second means for judging judges whether the overlapping preset programs can be recorded simultaneously based on the plurality of audio/video inputs, an operating speed of the multiplexer/demultiplexer, an operating speed of the buffer, and the image recording quality.