RECORDING AND REPRODUCING DEVICE, AND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING METHOD

摘要

PURPOSE: A recording and reproducing device is provided to prevent information from being recorded in the erased recording area of a recording medium without needing going through the intermediary of operator's operation, even when the information recording capacity is deficient. CONSTITUTION: A central control part(2) controls a DTR(9), to record the recoding information which is not recorded on a magnetic tape in an area of the tape where a single or plural pieces of recording information are recorded in the order of older ones, when it is decided that the recording information which is not recorded on the magnetic tape is supplied to the DTR(9) and tape has no remaining recording capacity.