Multi-layered rewritable optical disc recording apparatus and recording method

A recording method for a recording apparatus for performing recording on an optical disc recording medium having at least two rewritable recording layers, comprising:

• recording, during background recording, dummy data on a second layer of the at least two rewritable recording layers beginning at an edge of a lead-out area and proceeding in a sequential direction away from the lead-out area, the sequential direction being opposite to a sequential direction in which user data is recorded in the second layer;
• and
• recording user data beginning on a first of the at least two rewritable recording layers during non-background recording.

A recording apparatus performing recording on an optical disc recording medium having at least two rewritable recording layers, the recording apparatus comprising:

• a recording unit to perform data recording on each recording layer of the recording medium;
• and
• a recording controller to cause the recording unit to record, during background recording, dummy data on a second layer of the at least two rewritable recording layers beginning at an edge of a lead-out area and proceeding in a sequential direction away from the lead-out area, the sequential direction being opposite to a sequential direction in which user data is recorded in the second layer, the recording controller causing the recording unit to record user data beginning on a first of the at least two rewritable recording layers during non-background recording.