Patent ID: 8107793

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling a dispersion record of a moving picture, the apparatus comprising: a recording unit that generates a record schedule in response to a moving picture being scheduled for recording, and records, dispersedly, the moving picture in a first storage device, and a second storage device if an error occurs due to insufficient storage space when the moving picture is being recorded in the first storage device; a recording-device-selecting unit that selects a recording device based on preferences of the first storage device and the second storage device before the moving picture is recorded; a content directory service CDS-managing unit that manages recording information of the recorded moving picture, information of the moving picture that has been recorded and information on the recording devices and storage devices used to record the moving picture, a playlist-managing unit that manages a playlist of the moving picture that is dispersedly recorded; and a controller that continuously plays the dispersedly recorded moving picture file by referring to the playlist.