Video disk recorder having a real-time editing function

A video disk recorder having a real-time editing function, comprising:

• recording means including moving means for moving a recording head in a radial direction of a re-recordable disk, for recording a video signal to said disk by said recording head;
• reading means for reading an address on said disk of said recording head;
• and
• control means for performing operations of:
• setting, in response to a generation of a recording command signal, the recording head to a recording mode and storing said address as a determinate disk address;
• canceling, in response to a generation of a stop command signal, said recording mode and storing the address as a temporary disk address;
• in a case where a skip command signal is generated during the recording mode, moving the recording head to said determinate disk address stored at the time of a start of the recording mode;
• and in cases where the skip command signal is generated in modes other than the recording mode, moving the recording head to said temporary disk address.