Patent ID: 7577335

Claim:
A digital broadcasting receiving and recording apparatus comprising: means for receiving a digital broadcasting wave to extract a program stream; means for recording the program stream on a built-in recording device; means for recording the program stream on an external recording device using an interface for transmitting and receiving data and control information to and from the external recording device; and means for judging whether the program stream can be recorded on the external recording device on the basis of the control information provided from the external recording device; wherein the apparatus is arranged to switch automatically so as to record the program stream with the built-in recording device instead of the external recording device if it is judged before and during recording on the external recording device that such recording cannot be performed, and wherein, when a part of the program stream is recorded on the built-in recording device because a remaining capacity of the external recording device is insufficient, a reproduction is executed in the external recording device to record a reproduced partial program stream to the built-in recording device before dubbing the program stream from the built-in recording device to the external recording device.