METHOD FOR RECORDING BROADCAST INFORMATION

摘要

PURPOSE: A recording method of a broadcasting program is provided to use the sufficient recordable capacity of a disk and to record a broadcasting program with the optimum definition depending on the recordable capacity of the disk. CONSTITUTION: A control unit decides selection of a recording mode for recording a program. The control unit reads the capacity of a program to be recorded and the recordable capacity of a disk to calculate the optimum compression rate. If the average bit rate of the optimum compression rate is lower than the predetermined lowest bit rate, the control unit decides that the recordable capacity of the disk is smaller than the capacity of the program. The control unit decides whether the recordable capacity of the disk is sufficient for capacity of the program. If the recordable capacity of the disk is lower, the control unit displays an alarm message for short capacity of the disk. Therefore, a user records the optimum definition of broadcasting program on the disk.