Patent ID: 7474831

Claim:
A video recording and playing apparatus that records and plays video image data inputted from an external source, comprising: an input portion configured to receive data being inputted; a recording medium having a first recording region, in which the inputted data is configured to be at least partially recorded; a command receiving portion configured to receive a data recording command; and a controller being operatively coupled to the input portion, the recording medium, and the command receiving portion and configured to perform a time shift function, by which the inputted data is recorded in a first file created in the first recording region while allowing the controller to play any portion of the data recorded in the first recording region, when the command receiving portion receives the data recording command, the controller being configured to stop recording data in the first file, record the inputted data in a second file created in a second recording region, and record in the recording medium an end address of the first file and a head address of the second file, the controller being further configured to play the data recorded in the first file and the second file continuously by using the end address of the first file and the head address of the second file.