METHOD OF PARTITIONING DATA ON DATA CARRIERS

摘要

There is described a method of partitioning data on a data carrier arranged to be a write-once item. The method comprises a first step of writing video data content to a first region of the carrier, a second step of writing other data content to a second region of the carrier, and a third step writing substantially mutually independent first and second directories for recording data layouts of their corresponding first and second regions respectively, for example during finalisation. Such partitioning of the video data content and other data content, for example still picture data, is of benefit in rendering the data carrier, for example implemented as a DVD R data carrier, more compatible with other data carrier formats, for example DVD RW.