MULTIPLE PAUSE RECORDING ON A REWRITABLE DISK MEDIUM

摘要

A method utilizing a disk medium for implementing a second pause during the course of a previously paused program, comprising the steps of: interrupting recording to and playing back from a first pattern of interleaved segments used to implement the first pause and jumping to a different portion of the track; alternately recording the program to and playing the program back from a second pattern of interleaved segments at the different portion of the track; moving only sequentially from segment to segment within each of the first or second patterns during the alternating recording and playing back as long as recorded segments can be palyed back in order within each of the first or second patterns of segments; and, jumping between the first and second patterns of segments only when the oldest unplayed recorded segment is in the other one of the first or second patterns.