JP2001266457A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To constitute a recorder in such a manner that a plurality of recording information (tracks) recorded on a recording medium are continuously reproduced by each program. SOLUTION: The broadcasting data of reserved programs are automatically subjected to picture recording to the fresh tracks of a disk in accordance with the reserved programs written in the UTOC area of the disk or the non-volatile memory in the device (ST17 to ST22). The table-of-contents information of the fresh tracks is added to the table-of-contents information of the UTOC information stored in a RAM after the end of picture recording (ST23). The table-of-contents information of the plural tracks (recording information) is permutated on the RAM in such a manner that the recording information of the same attribute is continuously reproduced in accordance with the attributes of the recording information, for example, program names or the pair of the day of the week and the recording start time (ST24). The UTOC information subjected to the permutation processing of the table-of-contents information is thereafter written into the UTO area of the disk (ST25). A user is able to look and listen to the same program for, for example, plural weeks by continuously reproducing the same without making operation, such as skip.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording device capable of, for example, recording a program on a disk-shaped recording medium. Specifically, after the recording of the recording information on the recording medium is completed, the table of contents information indicating the recording position of the recording information is added, and the table of contents information corresponding to the plurality of recording information is arranged based on the attributes such as the program name. By performing the replacement process,
The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for continuously reproducing a plurality of pieces of recording information recorded on a recording medium for each attribute.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a VTR (Video Tape Recorder) is known as a recording device for recording a television program. This VTR uses a video tape as a recording medium. As one of the functions of the VTR, a so-called scheduled recording function is widely known. This is a function for automatically recording a program based on program reservation information (recording date, recording start time and recording end time, recording channel, etc.) preset by the user. By using this reserved recording function, the user does not need to operate the recording button at the program start time, which is extremely convenient.

In addition, instead of the above-mentioned video tape, for example, a DVD (Digital Versat
ile Disc) is currently under development. According to this, compared to recording on a video tape, the image is less deteriorated, and an extremely fine image can be stored for a long period of time, and is attracting attention as a next-generation recording medium. DVD is a disk-shaped recording medium, and quick access to each recorded program is expected.

[0004]

When a plurality of programs are recorded on one videotape, they are usually played back in the order in which they were recorded. However, from the desire to grasp the story and watch the next quickly, Of the recorded programs, the same program is often selected and reproduced. Therefore, when different programs are continuously recorded on one video tape, when one program ends, another program must be skipped and fast forward to the next week of the same program. In recent years, in many cases, this desire is marked at the start of recording of each program to facilitate skipping, but the user still needs to perform a fast-forward operation. Note that, even when the above-described DVD is used as a recording medium, when watching the next week, the user needs to perform an operation of selecting and reproducing the next week's program from a plurality of recorded programs. Become.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to allow a plurality of pieces of recording information recorded on a recording medium to be continuously reproduced for each attribute.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus that records recording information on a recording medium, a clock that manages date and time, a recording information acquiring unit that acquires recording information, Reservation information storage means for storing reservation information indicating an attribute of the recording information; information reading means for reading, from the recording medium, index information indicating the recording position of each piece of recording information recorded on the recording medium; Table of contents information storage means for storing the read contents information, and recording control for controlling at least the operation of the recording means based on the reservation information stored in the reservation information storage means and the date and time information obtained from the clock means. Means, and after the recording of the recording information on the recording medium by the recording means is completed, table of contents information indicating a recording position of the recording information is stored in the table of contents information storage means. In addition to the table of contents information, a table of contents rearrangement processing for rearranging the table of contents information stored in the table of contents information so that the record information of the same attribute is continuously reproduced based on the attribute of the record information. Means for writing the table of contents information rearranged by the table of contents rearranging means on a recording medium.

Further, the recording apparatus according to the present invention comprises: recording means for recording recording information on a recording medium; clock means for managing date and time; recording information acquiring means for acquiring recording information; Information reading means for reading the reservation information indicating the attribute of the recording information and table of contents information indicating the recording position of each piece of recording information to be recorded on the recording medium; and the reservation information and the table of contents read by the information reading means. Information storage means for storing, recording control means for controlling at least the operation of the recording means based on the reservation information stored in the information storage means and the date and time information obtained from the clock means, and a recording medium by the recording means. After the recording of the record information is completed, the table of contents information indicating the recording position of the record information is added to the table of contents information stored in the information storage means, and the recording is performed. A table rearranging unit for rearranging the table of contents information stored in the information storage unit, and a table rearranging unit that rearranges the table of contents information so that recorded information having the same attribute is continuously reproduced based on the attribute of the report. Information writing means for writing the changed table of contents information on a recording medium.

In the present invention, the recording information of the reserved program is automatically recorded on the recording medium based on the reservation information. The reservation information is recorded in advance on a recording medium or an apparatus main body. For example, recording start time, recording end time information, reception channel information, program name information, etc. are recorded as the reservation information. Further, for example, G (Gemsta
r) A code for obtaining the recording start time and the recording end time of the code and the like is recorded.

After the recording of the recording information (broadcast data) of the reserved program on the recording medium is completed, the table of contents information indicating the recording position of the recording information is added, and the table of contents information corresponding to the plurality of recording information is Rearrangement processing is performed based on the attributes of the record information. Thereby, at the time of reproduction, a plurality of pieces of recording information recorded on the recording medium are reproduced continuously for each attribute. For example, the attribute used in the sorting process is a program name or a pair of a day of the week and a recording start time. At the time of reproduction, after finishing watching a program of a certain week, the user can continuously watch a program of the next week without searching for a program of the next week.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a disk recording / reproducing apparatus 100 as an embodiment. The recording / reproducing apparatus 100 includes a CPU (Central) as a system controller for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus.
Processing Unit) 101.

The CPU 101 has a ROM (Re-Release) in which data and programs necessary for the operation of the CPU 101 are stored.
ad Only Memory) 102 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 103 that stores data generated by the operation of the CPU 101 and is used as a working area.
And are connected.

The CPU 101 has a clock circuit 104 for obtaining date and time information, and a display unit 105 which comprises, for example, a liquid crystal display element and displays the state of the apparatus.
And an operation unit 106 provided with a plurality of input keys and the like, and a remote control signal receiving unit 107 which receives a remote control signal SRM from, for example, infrared rays from the remote control transmitter 200 and supplies it to the CPU 101. User operations such as inputting reservation information and setting reservation recording in the reservation mode are performed by the operation unit or the remote control transmitter 200.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 100 also includes a receiving antenna 111 for receiving a digital broadcasting signal (RF signal) from a satellite (not shown), and a predetermined digital broadcasting signal from a plurality of digital broadcasting signals received by the receiving antenna 111. A tuner 112 for extracting and performing demodulation processing, error correction processing, and the like on the digital broadcast signal to obtain broadcast data (video and audio data) DB relating to the reception channel. The selection operation (tuning) of the reception channel in the tuner 112 is controlled by the CPU 101 based on a user operation or reservation information described later.

The recording / reproducing apparatus 100 includes a tuner 1
A disk drive 113 for inputting the broadcast data DB obtained in step 12 as recording information, recording the recording information on a disk 114 as a mounted recording medium, and reproducing the recording information recorded on the disk 114;
And a monitor 115 for inputting recording data reproduced from the disk 114 by the drive 113 or for displaying an image or outputting sound based on the broadcast data DB.

FIG. 2 shows an outline of the format of the disk 114. The disk 114 has a lead-in area and a UTOC (User Table Of Contents) from the inner circumference side.
It has an area, a program area, and a lead-out area. In the program area, track 1, track 2,... On which recording information is recorded are formed.

UTOC (User Table Of Content)
s) In the area, table of contents information, reservation information and the like are recorded.
The table of contents information includes the information of the start and end addresses of each track "START & END ADDRESS" and the name of each track "T
RACK NAME ”information and the recording date and time of each track“ RECORDE
D DATE & TIME "information. The reservation information “PROGRAM DATA” is the program name “PROGRA
M "and the day or date of each reserved program" DAY OF TH
E WEEK / DATE ”information and the reception channel“ C
HANNEL "information and the recording start time" START
TIME "and recording end time" END TIME ".

The operation of the recording / reproducing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. When the disk 114 on which the reservation information is recorded is mounted on the disk drive 113, the disk 114
The UTOC information is read out. Then, when a reservation recording setting is made by a user operation, the selection operation of the reception channel in the tuner 112 and the recording operation in the disk drive 113 are controlled based on the reservation information included in the UTOC information. Tracks in which broadcast data DBs related to reserved programs are recorded as recording information are sequentially formed.

Every time a new track is formed in the program area, start and end addresses, track names and recording date and time information are added to the table of contents information of the UTOC information as table of contents information of the new track. . In this case, the program name information included in the reservation information is used as the track name information. Furthermore, the recording date and time, the channel name, and the like may be recorded together with the program name information. The table of contents information of a plurality of tracks (recording information) is continuously reproduced on the RAM 103 based on the attribute of the recording information, for example, a program name or a pair of a day of the week and a recording start time. It is sorted as follows. Thereafter, the UTOC information including the rearranged table of contents information is written to the disk 114.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show examples of rearrangement processing. As shown in FIG. 3A, the table of contents information of tracks 1 to 3 has table of contents information on a track on which “Drama A” is recorded, and the table of contents information of tracks 4 to 6 is “Drama B”.
There is table of contents information on the track on which "Variety A" is recorded in the table of contents information of tracks 7 to 9,
It is assumed that table of contents information relating to a track on which “Drama A” is newly recorded is added to the table of contents information.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3B, by rearranging the table of contents information,
The table of contents information on the track on which "Drama A" is recorded in the table of contents information section of track 10 is transferred, and the table of contents information sections of tracks 5 to 10 are related to the tracks in the table of contents information section of tracks 4 to 9. The table of contents information is transferred.

The operation of reproducing recorded information from the disk 114 mounted on the disk drive 113 is the same as the conventional operation, and a description thereof will be omitted. In this case, as described above, since the table of contents information is rearranged at the time of recording, for example, the record information having the same program name or the same day of the week and the recording start time is successively reproduced.
When the table of contents information is rearranged as shown in FIG. 3B, the table of contents information in the table of contents information of tracks 1 to 4 is referred to and “drama A” for four weeks is continuously reproduced.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The details of the control operation of the CPU 101 when recording the reservation information in the UTOC area of the disk 114 will be described.

At step ST1, the disk drive 11
Then, it is determined whether or not the disk 114 is mounted on the third disk. When the disk 114 is mounted on the drive 113, the drive 113 is controlled so that the UTOC information is read from the disk 114 in step ST2. The read UTOC information is sent from the drive 114 to the CPU 101.
And stored in the RAM 103. As described above, reservation information can be recorded as the UTOC information in addition to the table of contents information (see FIG. 2).

Then, in step ST3, it is determined whether or not the user has operated the operation unit 106 or the remote control transmitter 200 (hereinafter, referred to as "user operation").
If there is a user operation, it is determined in step ST4 whether the operation is a shift operation to the reservation mode. If the operation is not a transition to the reservation mode, the process proceeds to step ST5, where processing corresponding to the user operation is performed. If the operation is a transition to the reservation mode, the process proceeds to step ST6.

In step ST6, a process for inputting reservation information is performed. In this reservation information input processing, the display unit 10
The display of 5 guides the user to input reservation information. For example, the user first selects whether the recording is weekly or not. When the user selects weekly recording, the user inputs the day of the week, the receiving channel, the recording start time, the recording end time, and the program name of the reserved program, and when not selecting the weekly recording, the date of the reserved program, Receiving channel,
Enter the recording start time, recording end time, and program name.
The reservation information input by the user operation is stored in the RAM
103 is temporarily stored.

Then, in step ST7, a process of writing the reservation information is performed, and the control operation ends. In the process of writing the reservation information, the RAM 103 stores the above-described step S
At T6, the reservation information (PROGRAM DATA) input is read and supplied to the drive 113, and the drive 113 is controlled so that the reservation information is written to the UTOC area of the disk 114.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The details of the control operation of the CPU 101 when a reserved program is recorded on the disk 114 on which the reservation information is recorded will be described.

In step ST10, the disk drive 1
It is determined whether or not the disk 114 has been mounted on the disk 13.
When the disk 114 is mounted on the drive 113,
In step ST11, the UTOC is read from the disk 114.
The drive 113 is controlled so as to read information. The read UTOC information is sent from the drive 113 to the CPU1.
01 and stored in the RAM 103.

Then, in a step ST12, it is determined whether or not there is a user operation. If there is a user operation, it is determined in step ST13 whether or not the operation is a setting operation for reserved recording. If the operation is a reservation recording setting operation, in step ST14, it is determined whether the UTOC information read as described above includes reservation information. Step ST1
If it is determined in step 3 that the operation is not a reservation recording setting operation, or if there is no reservation information in step ST14, step ST15
To perform processing corresponding to a user operation or the like.

At step ST14, if there is reservation information, the process proceeds to step ST16, where the power is turned off.
Then, in step ST17, it is determined whether or not it is the recording start time of any of the reserved programs. If it is the recording start time, the power is turned on in step ST18,
In step ST19, the tuner 112 is controlled so as to be in the receiving state of the channel corresponding to the reserved program, and thereafter, the process proceeds to step ST20.

In this step ST20, the disk 11
After the existing track in the program area 4
The drive 113 is controlled so that a new track is added and the broadcast data DB of the reserved program is recorded as recording information on the new track. Thereby, recording is started.
Then, in step ST21, it is determined whether or not it is the recording end time of the reserved program on which the recording is being performed.

If it is the recording end time, step ST
Proceed to 22 to end the recording. Then, step ST2
In step 3, the index information of the new track is added to the index information part of the UTOC information stored in the RAM 103. The table of contents information includes information on the recording date and time and the track name of the new track in addition to the information on the start and end addresses of the new track (see FIG. 2). Here, the information on the program name included in the reservation information is used as the information on the track name.

Next, in step ST24, the RAM 103
Above, the table of contents information of a plurality of tracks (recording information) is changed so that the recording information having the same attribute is continuously reproduced based on the attribute of the recording information, for example, the program name or the pair of the day of the week and the recording start time. Sort. Then, step ST2
In step 5, the UTOC information including the table of contents information of each track that has been rearranged is written. In this writing process, the UTOC information is read from the RAM 103 and supplied to the drive 113, and the UTO information of the disk 114 is read.
The drive 113 is controlled so that the UTOC information is written in the C area. Then, in step ST26, the power is turned off, and the process proceeds to step ST27.

In step ST27, the RAM 103
Is determined based on the reservation information portion of the UTOC information stored in the UTOC information. If there is another reserved program, the process returns to step ST17, and the same control operation as described above is repeated. On the other hand, if there is no other reserved program, the process ends immediately.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the table of contents information of a plurality of tracks (recording information) recorded on the disk 114 is based on the attributes of the recording information, for example, the program name or the day of the week and the recording start time. Based on the pair,
The recording information having the same attribute is rearranged so as to be continuously reproduced, and the user can continuously reproduce and view the same program for a plurality of weeks, for example, without performing an operation such as skipping.

In this embodiment, the reservation information can be recorded as one of the UTOC information in the UTOC area of the disk 114. Then, the disc 114 on which the reservation information is recorded is mounted on the disc drive 113,
By performing the reservation recording setting by the user operation, the broadcast data of the reservation program is stored in the disk 1 based on the reservation information.
It is automatically recorded on a new track in the 14 program areas. Therefore, the disk 1 on which the reservation information is recorded
14 can record only the program corresponding to the reservation information.

In this embodiment, a new track is added to the program area of the disk 114,
Each time the broadcast data of the reserved program is recorded on the new track, the table of contents information of the new track is added to the table of contents information section of the UTOC information. In this case, the program name information included in the reservation information is used as the track name information.
Therefore, at the time of reproduction, the user can perform a search by displaying the program name for each track, and can easily perform the search.

In the above-described embodiment, the reservation information is recorded in the UTOC area of the disk 114, and the program is recorded based on the reservation information. The present invention can be similarly applied to a case where reservation information is recorded in a non-volatile memory (not shown in FIG. 1) and a program is recorded based on the reservation information.

The flowchart of FIG.
9 shows a control operation of the CPU 101 at the time of a reservation process when recording reservation information in a non-volatile memory in 00.

In step ST31, it is determined whether or not there is a user operation. If there is a user operation, step S
At T32, it is determined whether or not the operation is a shift to the reservation mode. If the operation is not a transition to the reservation mode, the process proceeds to step ST33, where processing corresponding to the user operation is performed. If the operation is a transition to the reservation mode, step ST3 is performed.
Proceed to 4.

In this step ST34, the reservation information is input, and thereafter the control operation ends. In the reservation information input processing, the display of the display unit 105 guides the user to input the reservation information. For example, the user first selects whether the recording is weekly or not. Then, when the user selects weekly recording, the day of the week related to the reserved program,
Enter the receiving channel, recording start time, recording end time, and program name. If you do not select weekly recording, enter the date, reception channel, recording start time, recording end time, recording end time, and program name of the reserved program. I do. The reservation information input by the user operation as described above is stored in the nonvolatile memory.

FIG. 7 shows an outline of the format of the disk 114 used when recording the reservation information in the nonvolatile memory in the recording / reproducing apparatus 100. The disk 114 has a lead-in area, UTO
It has a C (User Table Of Contents) area, a program area, and a lead-out area. In the program area, track 1, track 2,... On which recording information is recorded are formed. UTOC (User Table O
f Contents) area stores table of contents information and the like.
Unlike the format shown in FIG. 2, the reservation information (PROGRAM DATA) is not recorded in the UTOC area. The table of contents information includes the start and end addresses of each track "ST
ART & END ADDRESS "and the name of each track" TRACK
NAME ”information and the recording date and time of each track“ RECORDED DA
TE & TIME "information.

The flowchart of FIG.
9 shows a control operation of the CPU 101 at the time of a reservation recording process when recording reservation information in a non-volatile memory in 00.

Scheduled recording is set by a user operation.
After the power-off state, in step ST41,
It is determined whether or not it is the recording start time of any of the reserved programs. If it is the recording start time, step ST42
Then, in step ST43, the tuner 112 is controlled so as to be in the receiving state of the channel corresponding to the reserved program, and then the process proceeds to step ST44.

In this step ST44, the disk 11
After the existing track in the program area 4
The drive 113 is controlled so that a new track is added and the broadcast data DB of the reserved program is recorded as recording information on the new track. Thereby, recording is started.
Then, in step ST45, it is determined whether or not it is the recording end time of the reserved program on which the recording is being performed.

If it is the recording end time, step ST
Proceeding to 46, the recording ends. Then, step ST4
In step 7, the index information of the new track is added to the index information portion of the UTOC information stored in the RAM 103. When the disc 114 is inserted into the drive 113, UTOC information including table-of-contents information is read from the UTOC area of the disc 114, and is read from the RAM 103.
Is stored. The added table of contents information includes information on the recording date and time and the track name of the new track in addition to the information on the start and end addresses of the new track (see FIG. 7). Here, the information on the program name included in the reservation information is used as the information on the track name.

Next, in step ST48, the RAM 103
Above, the table of contents information of a plurality of tracks (recording information) is changed so that the recording information having the same attribute is continuously reproduced based on the attribute of the recording information, for example, the program name or the pair of the day of the week and the recording start time. Sort. Then, step ST4
In step 9, write processing of UTOC information including the table of contents information of each track that has been rearranged is performed. In this writing process, the UTOC information is read from the RAM 103 and supplied to the drive 113, and the UTO information of the disk 114 is read.
The drive 113 is controlled so that the UTOC information is written in the C area. Then, in step ST50, the power is turned off, and the process proceeds to step ST51.

In this step ST51, it is determined whether or not there is another reserved program based on the reservation information stored in the nonvolatile memory. If there are other reserved programs,
Returning to step ST41, the same control operation as described above is repeated. On the other hand, if there is no other reserved program, the process ends immediately.

Even when the scheduled recording process shown in FIG. 8 is performed, the table of contents information of a plurality of tracks (recording information) recorded on the disk 114 is similar to the above embodiment.
Based on the attribute of the recording information, for example, a program name or a pair of a day of the week and a recording start time, the recording information having the same attribute is rearranged so as to be continuously reproduced, and the user performs an operation such as skip. For example, the same program for a plurality of weeks can be continuously reproduced and viewed.

In the above embodiment, the UTO
When the table of contents information of the new track is added to the table of contents information of the C information, the program name information input by the user operation included in the reservation information is used as the track name information. When the program name information is inserted into the data DB and sent, the broadcast data D
Alternatively, program name information may be acquired from B, and the acquired program name information may be used as track name information of a new track. According to this, the user does not need to input the program name information when recording the reservation information.

In the above-described embodiment, the reservation information of each reserved program is obtained from the information of the program name, the information of the day of the week or the date, the information of the receiving channel, the information of the recording start time and the recording end time. However, as the reservation information of each reserved program, a code for obtaining a recording start time and a recording end time, such as a G code, may be recorded.

In the above-described embodiment, the recording medium is the disk 114. However, other recording media such as a semiconductor memory may be used as the recording medium.

[0053]

According to the present invention, after the recording of the recording information on the recording medium is completed, the index information indicating the recording position of the recording information is added, and the index information corresponding to the plurality of recording information is added. Based on an attribute such as a program name, a rearrangement process is performed so that recorded information having the same attribute is continuously reproduced. The user does not perform an operation such as skipping, for example, a plurality of weeks of the same program. Can be continuously played and viewed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a disk recording / reproducing apparatus as an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a disk format.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a rearrangement process of table of contents information.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a CPU relating to a reservation process.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation of a CPU relating to a scheduled recording process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a CPU relating to a reservation process.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of a disk format.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a control operation of a CPU relating to a scheduled recording process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 disk recording device 101 CPU 104 clock circuit 105 display unit 106 operation unit 107 remote control signal receiving unit 111 receiving antenna 112 tuner 113 disk drive 114 disk 115 monitor

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A recording unit for recording recording information on a recording medium, a clock unit for managing date and time, a recording information acquiring unit for acquiring the recording information, and storing reservation information indicating an attribute of the recording information. Reservation information storage means, information reading means for reading, from the recording medium, table of contents information indicating the recording position of each piece of recording information recorded on the recording medium, and storing the table of contents information read by the information reading means A table of contents information storage unit, and a recording control unit that controls at least an operation of the recording unit based on the reservation information stored in the reservation information storage unit and the date and time information obtained from the clock unit. After the recording means finishes recording the recording information on the recording medium, the table of contents information indicating the recording position of the recording information is stored in the table of contents information storage means. While adding to the table of contents information stored in, based on the attributes of the recorded information, as recording information of the same attributes it is continuously reproduced,
A table of contents rearranging unit for rearranging the table of contents stored in the table of contents information, and an information writing unit for writing the table of contents sorted by the table of contents rearranging unit on the recording medium; A recording device comprising: 2. Recording means for recording recording information on a recording medium, clock means for managing date and time, recording information acquiring means for acquiring the recording information, and attribute of the recording information from the recording medium. Information reading means for reading out the reservation information shown and index information indicating the recording position of each piece of recording information recorded on the recording medium; information storing the reservation information and the table of contents read out by the information reading means Storage means; recording control means for controlling at least the operation of the recording means based on the reservation information stored in the information storage means and the date and time information obtained from the clock means; After the recording of the recording information on the recording medium is completed, the table of contents information indicating the recording position of the recording information is stored in the information storage means. In addition to the table of contents information, a rearrangement process of the table of contents stored in the information storage unit is performed based on the attribute of the record information so that the record information of the same attribute is continuously reproduced. A recording apparatus comprising: a table of contents rearranging unit; and an information writing unit that writes the table of contents information rearranged by the table of contents rearranging unit on the recording medium. 3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute used by the table of contents rearranging unit in the rearranging process is a program name. 4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute used by the table of contents rearranging unit in the rearranging process is a pair of a day of the week and a recording start time. 5. Program name information acquisition means for acquiring program name information; and program name information acquired by the program name information acquisition means and corresponding to the recording information recorded on the recording medium, The recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising program name information adding means for integrally adding the table of contents information indicating a position.