摘要 |
THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A METHOD FOR PERFORMING PRE-PROGRAMMED RECORDING ON A RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INSUFFICIENT REMAINING STORAGE SPACE FOR PERFORMING A PRE-PROGRAMMED RECORDING WITH A SPECIFIED RECORDING QUALITY, AND TO AN APPARATUS FOR READING FROM AND WRITING TO RECORDING MEDIA USING SUCH METHOD. THE METHOD HAS THE STEPS OF: DETERMINING THE STORAGE SPACE REQUIRED ON A RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING ONE OR MORE PRE-PROGRAMMED RECORDINGS WITH A SPECIFIED QUALITY; COMPARING (2, 6) THE AVAILABLE STORAGE SPACE ON THE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE REQUIRED STORAGE SPACE; AND IN CASE THE REQUIRED STORAGE SPACE EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE STORAGE SPACE, REDUCING (7, 10) THE SPECIFIED RECORDING QUALITY FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE PRE-PROGRAMMED RECORDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRIORITY INDICATORS FOR THE PRE-PROGRAMMED RECORDINGS SUCH THAT THE REQUIRED STORAGE SPACE NO LONGER EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE STORAGE SPACE. |