Patent ID: 8711240

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record data including first data and second data different from the first data onto a recording medium having a plurality of blocks including an alternative block for a defect block; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an alternative block remaining amount of the recording medium; and a control unit configured to select, in accordance with the alternative block remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit, data inhibited from being recorded in the recording medium among the first data and the second data and to control the recording unit such that the selected data is inhibited from being recorded in the recording medium, wherein if the alternative block remaining amount acquired by the acquisition unit is equal to or less than a threshold value, the control unit selects the second data as the data inhibited from being recorded in the recording medium among the first data and the second data and controls the recording unit such that the first data is recorded in the recording medium and the second data is inhibited from being recorded in the recording medium.