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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1999
Yoshiaki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A DVD recording apparatus that can record the video data taken with a video camera directly on an optical disk in a format reproducible on a DVD video playback device without using an intermediate medium, wherein a controller instructs a data recording unit to secure a reserved area on a recording medium, instructs a data formatter to convert content data compressed by a data compressor into at least one video title set, instructs the data recording unit to sequentially record the video title sets in an area following the reserved area on the optical disk, and after the video title sets have been recorded, instructs the data formatter and the data recording unit to record a video manager behind the reserved area, and after the video manager has been recorded, instructs the data formatter and the data recording unit to record volume and file structure data in front portion of the reserved area.