Recording apparatus, method for controlling recording apparatus, control program of recording apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium

A recording apparatus, which allows recording of a new content item to be preset and calculates a storage space required for recording the new content item, said recording apparatus deleting a content item recorded in a recording medium so as to record the new content item in the recording medium in a case where a storage space of the recording medium is insufficient,

• said recording apparatus comprising recordable date and time processing means for generating and displaying recordable date and time information indicative of a date and time on which preset recording of the content item will be actually executed, wherein
• the recording medium includes (a) a secure region for recording license information and (b) a regular region for recording regular data, the license information and the regular data being included in a content item,
• said recording apparatus further comprising:
• space information obtaining means for obtaining a space information set which corresponds to the secure region and has information indicative of at least either a storage space or a remaining space and for obtaining a space information set which corresponds to the regular region and has information indicative of at least either a storage space or a remaining space;
• space information integration means for integrating the space information sets;
• and
• display means for displaying space information obtained by integrating the space information sets.

A method for controlling a recording apparatus, calculating a storage space required for recording a new content item and deleting a content item having been recorded in a recording medium so as to record the new content item in a case where a storage space of the recording medium is insufficient,

• said recording apparatus including a storage section for storing (i) a content attribute database in which the content item having been recorded in the recording medium and attribute information sets of plural attribute items of the content item are associated with each other and (ii) a point database in which plural deletion factors having been set for each attribute item and deletion factor points are associated with each other,
• said method comprising a point calculation step in which attribute information sets for each content item are extracted from the content attribute database and deletion factor points associated with deletion factors corresponding to the extracted attribute information sets are extracted from the point database so as to calculate evaluation points in accordance with the extracted deletion factor points, wherein
• the recording medium includes (a) a secure region for recording license information and (b) a regular region for recording regular data, the license information and the regular data being included in a content item,
• said method further comprising:
• a space information obtaining step for obtaining a space information set which corresponds to the secure region and has information indicative of at least either a storage space or a remaining space and for obtaining a space information set which corresponds to the regular region and has information indicative of at least either a storage space or a remaining space;
• a space information integration step for integrating the space information sets;
• and
• a display step for displaying space information obtained by integrating the space information sets.