Patent ID: 7161878

Claim:
A recording apparatus comprising: recording means for recording data from a position continuously succeeding a recorded area on an optical disk; first setting means for setting a pause state in response to a user's instruction for stopping the recording of said recording means; storing means for storing stop position information of said optical disk when the pause state is set by said first setting means; reading means for reading said stop position information stored by said storing means when an instruction for starting recording by said recording means is given in the pause state; record-ending process means for performing processing for ending the recording by said recording means when the user's instruction for setting a stop state is given during the pause state; reproducing means for reproducing said data recorded by said recording means; determining means for determining whether reproduction made thus far has been started after cancellation of a pause state when the user's instruction for stopping the reproduction by said reproducing means is given; and second setting means for setting a pause state when said determining means determines that the reproduction has been started after the cancellation of the pause state, wherein, in response to a user's instruction, said recording means resumes recording at a position on said optical disk which position corresponds to said stop position information read by said reading means; and wherein said processing for ending the recording operation of said recording means always requires the two steps of setting the pause state of the recording means then performing the ending-operation during the pause state.