STORAGE MEDIUM INITIALIZATION METHOD, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A STORAGE MEDIUM (90) INITIALIZING METHOD INCLUDES THE STEPS OF DETECTING (8202, 8304) A MODE CORRESPONDING TO A RECORDING FORMAT TO BE LOADED ON A STORAGE MEDIUM; AND INITIALIZING THE STORAGE MEDIUM ACCORDING TO THE MODE DETECTED IN THE DETECTING STEP. A RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS ARE CONFIGURED TO DETECT A TYPE OF STORAGE MEDIUM LOADED ONTO THE APPARATUS AND ADJUST THE RECORDING AND REPRODUCING PROCESSES ACCORDINGLY.FIG.1