Recorder/reproducer and recording/reproducing method

摘要

The present invention relates a recording/playback apparatus that enables efficient management of data recorded on a tape. In an IC chip 32, information such as a recording-start position and recording-end position on the tape of the data recorded on a magnetic tape 31 is recorded in each unit of data. A main signal processing microcomputer 21 reads the information from the IC chip 32, and displays, on the display panel 18, a list of the data recorded on the magnetic tape 31. In accordance with determination of data to be played back from the list, the main signal processing microcomputer 21 supplies a mechanism control microcomputer 22 with a recording-start position on the magnetic tape 31 of the designated data. The mechanism control microcomputer 22 controls a mechanism motor 23 to play back the magnetic tape 31 from the recording-start position.