Method and apparatus for recording digital data streams

摘要

A method for recording digital data streams capable of increasing recording efficiency of a recording medium by recording a transport stream unit across two sectors. Depending upon the size of the remaining area of a sector, a transport stream unit is recorded across two sectors with the result that sectors contain no null data. If the size of the remaining area of the last sector of a stream object unit is less than the size of a transport stream unit, the remaining area is padded with null data. The method for recording digital data streams in accordance with the present invention minimizes the size of the recording area padded with null data, thereby remarkably increasing the recording efficiency of a recording medium.