Patent ID: 7027366

Claim:
A recording method comprising the steps of: reading information on a table of contents from a recording medium; identifying whether said recording medium is a recording medium in which two kinds of audio data consisting of audio data to be recorded in a first recording area and audio data having a file format to be recorded in a second recording area can be recorded based on readout information from said table of contents; identifying whether said recording medium is a medium in which, when it is identified, said two kinds of audio data can be recorded; and notifying whether said recording medium is defined as a recording medium for recording said two kinds of audio data when said recording medium is a medium in which no recording has yet been performed, wherein said recording method records an identifier for indicating that two kinds of audio data as audio data recorded in said first recording area and audio data having a file format as recorded in said second recording area are recorded in said recording medium when it is decided that said recording medium is a recording medium for recording said two kinds of audio data.