Recording apparatus and recording method

A recording apparatus for recording programs onto a recording medium having a program area in which a plurality of programs are recorded and a managing area in which date/time information corresponding to the programs recorded in said program area and management data to manage a reproducing order of the programs recorded in said program area have been recorded, comprising:

• detecting means for detecting a most recently recorded program on the basis of said date/time information in said managing area;
• editing means for editing the management data to manage the reproducing order in said managing area so that the most recently recorded program detected by said detecting means becomes a head program;
• and
• operating means for instructing so as to automatically start the editing of said management data when said most recently recorded program is recorded.

A recording method of recording programs onto a recording medium having a program area in which a plurality of programs are recorded and a managing area in which management data to manage the programs recorded in said program area has been recorded, comprising the steps of:

• recording a new program onto the recording medium already having recorded thereon said plurality of programs;
• editing the management data in said managing area such that said new program becomes a head program;
• and
• instructing so as to automatically start the editing of said management data when said new program is recorded.

A recording method of recording programs onto a recording medium having a program area in which a plurality of programs are recorded and a managing area in which date/time information corresponding to the programs recorded in said program area and management data to manage a reproducing order of the programs recorded in said program area have been recorded, comprising the steps of:

• detecting a most recently recorded program on the basis of said date/time information in said managing area;
• editing the management data to manage the reproducing order in said managing area such that said detected most recently recorded program becomes a head program;
• and
• instructing so as to automatically start the editing of said management data when said most recently recorded program is recorded.

A recording and reproducing apparatus for recording programs onto and reproducing programs from a recording medium having a program area in which a plurality of programs are recorded and a managing area in which management data to manage the programs recorded in said program area has been recorded, comprising:

• a recording unit for recording a new program onto the recording medium having already recorded thereon said plurality of programs;
• an editing unit for editing the management data in said managing area so that said new program becomes a head program;
• and
• a controller for controlling said editing unit to automatically start the editing of said management data when said new program is recorded.