RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS, RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording/reproducing apparatus, a recording/reproducing method, and its information storage medium. SOLUTION: This recording/reproducing apparatus includes: a writing/reading unit writing data to or reading data from an information storage medium having one or more information recording layers; and a control unit controlling the writing/reading unit so as to write the data to the information storage medium by referring to one or more disk information structures including recording related parameter information corresponding to recording characteristics of the information storage medium recorded on the information recording medium, and recording characteristic information to which the recording related parameters are applied. According to the apparatus and method, parameters of recording characteristics appropriate to a recording/reproducing apparatus are quickly searched, and compatibility between different specifications is achieved. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI