JPH11110954A - Device and method for recording control - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve operability for the operation of connecting two programs recorded in a recording device with each other. SOLUTION: Identification information such as a program title or the like relating to a program recorded in an MD(minidisk) 41 in an MD recorder 7 is reproduced, for example, during loading or the like of the MD 41, and stored in a memory part 50. This identification information is displayed via a GUI (Graphical User Interface) 66 in a personal computer 1, and by referring to a displayed content, a user specifies two programs to connected. After the specifying operation is finished, a screen for confirming the combination and order of the two programs to be connected and, if the order of the two programs is not as intended, processing for reversing the order is executed by the specified input of the user. The input made by the user is carried out via the GUT 66, or more specifically a mouse 5 or the like. Thus, the necessity of repeating a selecting operation is eliminated when an order is not as intended.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording control device capable of easily performing an operation related to combining information signals such as audio information and video information recorded in units of programs in units of programs. And methods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Various types of information signal recording devices exist. In the case of a digital audio signal, an MD (mini-disc) which is a kind of magneto-optical disc
Recorder using digital audio tape as recording medium and DAT using digital audio tape as recording medium
(Digital audio tape recorder) and the like are known. In addition, such a storage device often has a reproduction function. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, two programs can be combined in units of each program (in a digital audio signal, a program corresponds to a song) recorded by these devices. This makes it possible to perform a process such as, for example, making two songs into one song.

[0003]

In the process of combining two pieces of music, not only the combination of the two pieces of music, but also their order is problematic. That is, the user's intention needs to be correctly reflected not only on which two songs are combined but also on which of the two songs comes first.

Conventionally, in a designation operation for designating two programs to be combined, the order of designation is the same as the order in which they are combined. That is, for example, when ten songs are recorded, when the second song and the fourth song are to be joined, when the second song is to be joined before the fourth song, and the fourth song is later, the designation operation is performed at the time of the designation operation. First, the second tune must be specified, and then the fourth tune must be specified. Conversely, if it is desired to combine the fourth piece of music before the second piece of music, the user must first specify the fourth piece of music and then specify the second piece of music during the designation operation.

[0005] For this reason, even when the two songs are correct as a combination, if the order of designating them at the time of the designation operation is not in accordance with the user's intention, the user's intention becomes Not reflected correctly. For this reason, the user must be aware of the order in which they were combined at the time of the designation operation, and there is a high possibility that only the designation order will be incorrect. If such an error occurs, you must pay attention to the specified operations in order and start over from the beginning.
This is a factor that impairs the operability of the entire operation related to the connection.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a recording control apparatus and method capable of improving operability in an operation for combining two programs recorded on a recording medium. is there.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording control apparatus for combining two programs recorded on a recording medium to edit the combined program into a single program.
Designation means for designating the first program and the second program, confirmation means for confirming the context when the first program and the second program are combined, and combination of the first program and the second program in the confirmation means The recording control device is characterized in that when the context of the time is not desired, the context is reversed to perform the combined editing process.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording control method in which two programs recorded on a recording medium are combined and edited into a single program, a step of designating a first program, and a step of designating a second program. , A step of determining whether or not it is the desired editing processing to perform the combining processing of the second program after the first program, and a step of determining whether or not the second program is to be processed after the first program. A recording control method characterized in that when the combination processing is not the desired editing processing, the combination processing of the first program is performed after the second program.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording control apparatus which edits a single program by combining two programs recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined information recording apparatus.
A program designating means for receiving a first input for designating a first program and a second program, and having a desired relationship between the first program and the second program designated by the first input Determination input means for receiving a second input relating to the determination as to whether the first program and the second program are related to the second input after maintaining or reversing the context. A recording control device for performing a process.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording control method in which two programs recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined information recording device are combined and edited into a single program.
A step of receiving a first input designating a first program and a second program, and the context between the first program and the second program designated by the first input is desired. Receiving a second input related to the determination of whether or not, and performing a combining process after maintaining or reversing the context between the first program and the second program in relation to the second input. This is a recording control method characterized by the following.

According to the above-described invention, it is determined whether or not the order of the two programs to be combined, which is designated by referring to the list display of the identification information of the music or the like, is the desired one. , And an operation such as reversing the order can be performed according to the input according to the determination result.

By such an operation prior to the execution of the combining process, it is possible to easily perform a desired combining process, and the operability is improved.

[0013]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of an audio reproduction system including a personal computer 1 as a recording / reproduction control device according to the present invention. The personal computer 1 includes a main body 2 having a standard configuration including a hard disk, a CD-ROM drive, and the like, a monitor 3, and input means such as a keyboard 4 and a mouse 5. Then, for example, application software stored on a CD-ROM is installed on a hard disk of the main body 2 so as to function as a recording / reproducing control device of an audio recording / reproducing system.

The personal computer 1 controls an MD recorder 7 as a digital audio signal recording device, and further uses an amplifier 8. PC 1 and
The amplifier 8 and the MD recorder 7 are connected by a control signal transmission line (shown by a solid line) in a chain. The operation of each device is controlled by a control signal transmitted via the control signal transmission path. The control signal is sent from the personal computer 1. However, the operation of each device can be controlled by an operation unit of each device or a remote control system.

A matching converter 10 is provided between the signal transmission path of the personal computer 1 and the signal transmission path of the audio system to absorb the difference in the form of the control signal. RS-232C, SC between the personal computer 1 and the converter 10
Connected by a signal transmission path such as SI,
On the side of the audio equipment including the D recorder 7, a signal transmission path for controlling the audio equipment is arranged.

In FIG. 1, the transmission path of the audio signal (analog or digital) is indicated by a broken line.
The reproduction audio signal of the MD recorder 7 is input to the amplifier 8. The audio signal specified by the amplifier 8 is reproduced by the speaker 9.

FIG. 1 shows only an example of a system to which the present invention can be applied. For example, using an AV controller, a plurality of AV devices (not only audio devices but also digital VC
R may be included, and the present invention can be applied to a system in which a personal computer is connected to an AV controller. In addition, if IEEE 1394 is used as an interface between the personal computer 1 and audio equipment such as the MD recorder 7, it is not necessary to separate the transmission path between the digital information signal and the control signal.

The control signal transmission path is bidirectional, and the operation of each device (recording operation, reproduction operation, etc.) is placed on this transmission path.
Along with data and clocks for operation control
The identification information corresponding to the program (song) and the MD (medium) is transmitted. The identification information corresponding to the MD 41 is, for example, a disc name given to the MD 41. Also, MD
A typical example of the identification information corresponding to the program recorded in 41 is character information representing a song title.

Character information such as a song name is useful for identifying each song when displayed on the display 3 of the personal computer 1. However, any information other than the character information can be used as long as the user can identify a CD (compact disk) and music and can control the device to reproduce the specified CD and music.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as described later, a predetermined window related to an operation desired by the user of the display 3 of the personal computer 1 is displayed. For example, a window 11 is displayed when an operation of designating a music to be subjected to a predetermined operation such as reproduction or editing is performed. The window 11 displays the identification information such as the disc name and the song name in the form of a list as described above. When the user operates the mouse 5 with reference to the window 11, a designation operation is performed. Further, by clicking an icon, a button, or the like on the screen, it is possible to control the operation of the MD recorder 7 and the amplifier 8 (for example, the operation related to reproduction). Such control includes editing of each music piece (for example, combining two music pieces).

A graphical view and operation method when the user uses the display 3 such as a window function, a function of designating a CD and music using the mouse 5, and an operation control function using an icon and a mouse will be described later. It is provided by software of a GUI (Graphical User Interface) 66. Here, the mouse 5 is used, but as a device operated by the user, a trackball, a cursor key, a rotary knob, and the like can be used in addition to the mouse.

Next, a more detailed configuration of each component in the system will be described with reference to FIG. An MD recorder 7 is connected to the personal computer 1. MD recorder 7
Is housed in the jacket 40 and the spindle motor 4
A digital audio signal is recorded on an MD (mini-disc) 41 rotated by the optical disk 2 by a magnetic head 43a and an optical block 43b.
Of course, the MD recorder 7 has a playback function that can play back the MD 41. However, in the configuration shown in FIG. 2, the details of the configuration relating to the reproduction function of the MD recorder 7 are omitted.

The input terminal 44 is a terminal for supplying an analog audio signal (usually a stereo signal) from a reproduction output terminal of a CD player, for example. Input terminal 4
When an audio signal is supplied via the A / D converter 4, the audio signal is digitized by the A / D converter 45 and supplied to the signal processing circuit 46. The signal processing circuit 46 performs processing of a modified DCT (referred to as ATRAC) for compressing a digital audio signal, processing of error correction coding, processing of formatting into a sector structure, and EFM modulation (Eight to Forteen Modulation). And so on for recording.

The recording signal from the signal processing circuit 46 is supplied to the magnetic head 43a via the amplifier 47. A digital audio signal is recorded in the information signal recording area of the MD 41 by the magnetic head 43a and the optical block 43b. Similarly, the identification information is recorded in the management area of the MD 41. A wobbling groove is formed in the MD 41 in advance by embossing or the like. Clock information, servo information for servo of the spindle motor 42, and address information are inserted as wobbling information of the wobbling groove. Data is recorded in the groove. A reproduction signal of the wobbling groove is supplied from the optical block 43b to the control unit 48. The control unit 48 extracts clock information, servo information, and address information. The MD 41 is used by the optical block 43b.
The above data is played.

A servo circuit 49 is connected to the control unit 48. The spindle motor 4 is controlled by the servo circuit 49.
The servo for 2 is performed. Also, the magnetic head 43a
The focus, tracking, and sled servo of the pickup including the optical block 43b are performed. At the time of recording, a position (address) to be recorded is specified using an address included in the wobbling information.
The servo circuit 49 controls the magnetic head 43 so as to perform recording at a specified address given from the control block 48.
a and the position of the optical block 43b. In addition,
In the MD 41, data is recorded / reproduced in units called clusters. The data format including the management area of the MD 41 will be described later.

For the control unit 48, for example, a DRAM
Is connected. The memory unit 50 stores the MD reproduced from the management area of the MD 41.
Information related to the program recorded in 41, such as identification information and character information, is stored. Further, each time such information is changed by an operation performed by a user or the like, a rewriting process is performed on the memory unit 50 each time. In the embodiment of the present invention, rewriting of information recorded in the management area of the MD 41 and such information due to an operation performed by a user and the like is performed by the memory unit 50 in the MD recorder 7. A predetermined storage means such as a DRAM or a semiconductor memory in the personal computer 1 or M
The D recorder 7 and the personal computer 1 may be separately provided at predetermined positions in the transmission path to perform the same function as the memory unit 50.

Further, an interface 52 is connected to the control unit 48. The interface 52 is connected to a control signal input / output terminal 54. This terminal 54
It is connected to a control signal input / output terminal 61 of the personal computer 1 via the converter 10. Transmission and reception of control signals, identification signals, and the like between the control unit 48 of the MD recorder 7 and the personal computer 1 are performed via the converter 10 and the interface 52.
In this way, the identification signal and the like supplied from the control unit 48 of the MD recorder 7 are stored in a predetermined storage unit such as the RAM 63 in the personal computer 1.

The personal computer 1 includes a CPU 62, a RAM 63,
ROM 64, hard disk drive 65, GUI 66
And an interface 67. A control signal input / output terminal 61 is derived from the interface 67, and transmits and receives a control signal, an identification signal, and the like to and from the outside. The RAM 63 is a working memory, and the ROM 64
Is a memory in which programs and the like are stored.

The GUI 66 includes hardware for the display 3, the keyboard 4, and the mouse 5 in FIG.
It includes both a graphic function for displaying windows, icons, and the like on the screen of the display 3 and software for providing an operation function for designating or determining these with the keyboard 4 or the mouse 5. In the system shown in FIG. 1, a personal computer 1 presents a window 1 for presenting identification information of a plurality of songs recorded on an MD recorder 7.
1 is displayed, and a song to be processed, such as reproduction, combination, or erasure, is designated from the presented items.

The window 11 described above is schematically shown in FIG.
It is as shown in. The window 11 displays a disk icon 11a (in FIG. 3, the identification information of A is shown) for identifying the MD 41 mounted on the MD recorder 7, and identification information of a plurality of music pieces stored in the MD 41. Song title identification display (parts with diagonal lines) arranged in order from
1b. The song title identification display includes a title in hiragana, kanji, katakana, alphanumeric characters, etc., a track number, a music playing time, and the like.

Hereinafter, the operation relating to the connection will be described.
First, when the window 11 is displayed, of the songs displayed on the song title identification display 11b, for example, when it is desired to combine the second song and the fourth song, the mouse 5
Is operated to position the cursor in the column where the identification information and the like corresponding to these songs are displayed. In FIG.
The designated columns are shown with double diagonal lines. On the actual display screen, the column corresponding to the designated song is displayed to the user by changing its display color or blinking.
In this way, the operation for specifying the music to be combined can be simplified. In addition, since the designation result can be clearly grasped, confirmation can be easily performed.

When the operation of designating the music to be combined is completed in the window 11, a screen for confirming the contents of the combining process is displayed. FIG. 4 shows an example of such a screen. Display 12a "COMBINE" in window 12
Indicates that the screen is related to the combining operation. In addition, display 12b "combine the second and fourth songs"
Are displayed in the order in which the two songs to be combined are combined, that is, in the order in which they are combined.

Also, utilizing the fact that the MD recorder 7 also has a playback function, playback (rehearsal) near the connection point is performed during the period in which the window 11 is displayed. That is, the last part of the music that becomes the former part when combined and the first part of the music that becomes the later part when combined are played back in order, for example, for about 10 seconds each. By listening to the portion reproduced in this way, the user can easily and surely confirm the contents of the combining process.

The following input is made based on the result of the confirmation of the contents of the joining process, and an operation according to the input is performed. First, when the "OK" portion of the display 12e is clicked with the mouse 5, a control signal is transmitted to the MD recorder 7. As a result, the contents of the display 12b are executed as they are, and the combining process is performed such that the first half is the second music and the second half is the fourth music. On the other hand, when the portion of the display 12d "Rev" in FIG. 4 is clicked with the mouse 5, the order of the songs is changed, and the order of the "second song" and the "fourth song" of the display 12b is also changed. Then, after this replacement is made, display 1
When the part of 2e is clicked with the mouse 5, the contents of the display 12b are executed, and a combining process is performed such that the first half is the fourth music piece and the second half is the second music piece. In this manner, a new designation operation is not performed for a combination of songs to be combined, and only the order of the combinations can be changed.

When it is desired to stop the operation relating to the combination when the combination of the music pieces to be combined is erroneously specified, the display 12c "Cancel" may be clicked with the mouse 5. In this case, for example, processing such as displaying the window 11 again is performed.

FIG. 5 shows an operation relating to the above-described connection.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, steps S1 and S2 are performed under the window 11. In step S1, a music piece which becomes the previous part when the music pieces are combined is specified. In step S2, a music piece which becomes a later part when the music pieces are combined is specified. Next, steps S3 and S4 are performed under the window 12.
In step S3, it is confirmed whether or not the combination of the two designated songs is as intended by the user. In step S4, it is confirmed whether the order of the two designated songs is as intended by the user.

That is, as described above with reference to FIG. 4, when the result of the determination in step S3 is "No" (ie, when the combination of the two designated songs is not as intended by the user) By clicking on the display 12c, the user can input a judgment to that effect. In this case, the window 11 is displayed again, and the process proceeds to step S1. Then, the designation of the music to be combined is started again.

On the other hand, the result of the determination in step S3 is “Ye”.
If it is s' (that is, if the specified combination of the two songs is as intended by the user), the process proceeds to step S4. If the result of the determination in step S4 is "No" (that is, the order of the designated two songs is not as intended by the user), the display 12d is clicked to input a determination to that effect. can do. In this case, the order of the songs is reversed, and the order of the two songs on the display 12b is reversed. Then, the process returns to step S4.

If the result of the determination in step S4 is "Yes", that is, if both the combination and the order of the specified two songs are as intended by the user, click on the display 12e. Then, the process proceeds to step S6 to execute the combining process. When the combining process is performed in this manner, the personal computer 1 sends the MD recorder 7
, The control signal and the identification information are transmitted via the control signal transmission path, and the memory 50 in the MD recorder 7 is subjected to the rewriting process corresponding to the combining process as described above.

At a predetermined timing, for example, when an eject operation is performed, the recorded contents of the management area on the MD 41 are as follows:
It is magneto-optically rewritten according to the stored contents of the memory 50 that has been rewritten as described above. By such rewriting,
The result of the operation related to the combining process or the like is stored on the MD 41. In this case, only the information in the management area needs to be rewritten, and there is no need to actually rewrite the music data recorded in the program area of the MD 41. Also, MD
A display for inquiring the user as to whether or not such rewriting is to be performed on the management area 41 may be presented so that the user can specify it.

The management area of the MD 41 will be described below. UT is inside the recordable area of MD41
This is a U-TOC area for recording OC. U-TOC
Is information relating to each program recorded in the information signal recording area, as described later. In the lead-in area, P-TOC is recorded in advance as pre-pits. The P-TOC records the start address and end address of each song on the disc, a track name as the name of the song, a disc name as the name of the disc, and the like.

The U-TOC is catalog information for managing each program recorded in the program area. The U-TOC area for recording the U-TOC is, for example, 32
It is composed of sectors. Hereinafter, sector 0, sector 1, sector 2, and sector 4 will be described. Sector 3 and sector 5 to sector 32 are extended areas and are not used at this stage. First, in sector 0, the start address, end address, copy protection information, emphasis information, and the like of each program are managed.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of sector 0. This sector 0 and the later-described sectors 1, 2 and 4
Have a size of 2352 bytes, and have a configuration in which 588 4-byte slot units are arranged. Numbers 0 to 58 are used to distinguish the 4-byte slot units.
7 is attached. Following the header, clusters H and L indicating a predetermined address position, a maker code and a model code indicating the manufacturer and model of the disc, and Firs indicating the first and last program numbers.
The tTNO and LastTNO, the sector use status, the disk serial number, the disk ID, and the like are recorded in order.

A P-DFA indicating the head position of a slot for storing information relating to the position of a defect occurring on the MD 41.
(Pointer for Defective Area), P-EMPTY (Pointer for Empty slot) indicating the use status of the slot, and P-FRA indicating the head position of the slot for managing the recordable area.
(Pointer for FReely Area) and P-TNO1, indicating the start position of the slot corresponding to each program number.
P-TNO2... Correspondence table instruction data section composed of P-TNO255 is recorded.

The numbers 78 to 587 are provided with 255 slots for storing information relating to the position of a defect occurring on the disk. Each slot is composed of 4 bytes, and one slot manages a start address, an end address, a track mode, and link information.

Incidentally, the MD recorder 7 does not necessarily need to sequentially record data on the MD 41 as a recording medium, and can also correctly reproduce data discretely recorded on the MD 41. is there. A process performed by referring to the P-FRA in the sector 0 of the U-TOC in order to correctly connect discretely recorded data will be described. FIG. 7 shows PF
03h in RA (h means hexadecimal)
Is an example showing a case where is recorded. In this case, first, as shown in FIG. 7A, the slot 03h is accessed. The start address and end address data recorded in the slot 03h indicate the start address and end address of one part recorded on the disk.

The link information recorded in the slot 03h indicates the address of the slot to be followed. In FIG. 7A, such an address is 18h. Therefore, the slot 18h is accessed as shown in FIG. 7B. Since the link information recorded in the slot 18h indicates that the address of the slot to be followed is 1Fh (FIG. 7B), the slot 1Fh is further accessed (FIG. 7C). Then, slot 2Bh is accessed according to the link information of slot 1Fh (FIG. 7).
D), and the slot E3h is accessed according to the link information of the slot 2Bh (FIG. 7E). In this way, the link information is successively followed until null (that is, 00h) appears as the link information.

By following the link information in this manner, the addresses of the data discretely recorded on the MD 41 are sequentially recognized. By controlling the position of the optical block 43b and sequentially accessing these addresses on the MD 41, discretely recorded data can be connected.

The above description relates to processing for connecting discretely recorded data with reference to the P-FRA. However, P-DFA, P-EMPTY, P-TNO
1, P-TNO2... P-TNO 255 can also be used to connect discretely recorded data.

Next, in sector 1 of the U-TOC area, the title of each program and the title of the entire MD 41 are managed. Here, the title of the entire MD 41 is information such as an album title and a player name when the recorded program is audio data, and the title of each program corresponds to a song name and the like. FIG.
1 shows an example of the configuration of TOC sector 1.

The character information of each program, the corresponding table instruction data P-TNA _X (X is 1 to 255) is recorded in the character table of the slot indicated by, if the number of characters is large, the link information Are used to connect a plurality of slots for recording. Also, this U
-In the TOC sector 1, the titles of alphabets that are mainly input in English are managed. However, when a katakana input is instructed by the user, a special code "@" is automatically generated and is managed in the sector 1 around alphabetical characters. In such a case, the alphabet surrounded by the special code "@" is converted into katakana based on the conversion table and displayed. According to the conversion table, for example, the character {a} is converted to katakana.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the sector 2. The sector 2 manages the recording date and time of each program recorded in the program area 47. An example of the sector 4 is shown in FIG. In sector 4, program area 4
The title of each program recorded in 7 is managed in kanji, hiragana, and katakana.

In the embodiment of the present invention described above, the MD is used as the recording medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other types of optical disks (for example, DVD (digital video disk), magnetic tape, etc.) may be used as the recording medium. , Light tape,
The present invention can be applied to a recording and / or reproducing apparatus using a semiconductor memory or the like. The digital information recorded on the recording medium in units of programs is not limited to audio data, but may be video data or the like.

[0054]

As described above, according to the present invention, when predetermined inputs are made to two programs specified as ones to be combined from among the programs recorded on the recording medium, those programs are An operation of reversing the order is performed.

For this reason, the user checks the order of the two programs before the combining process is executed, and performs an operation of reversing the order when it is determined that the order is not desired. If so, the joining processing can be performed in a desired order. Therefore, when the order of the programs is not the desired one, it is not necessary to redo the designation of the program from the beginning, and the operability can be improved for the entire operation relating to the combination.

Since the order of the programs can be reversed before the execution of the combining process, it is possible to reduce the necessity of paying attention to the order in the operation of designating two programs to be combined. That is, in the operation of designating two programs, even if attention is paid only to the combination of the two programs, the operability in the operation relating to the combination is hardly impaired. This is because, for example, a name or the like indicating the content of the program recorded on the recording medium is displayed in the form of a list, and the user wants to combine by referring to the display.
If you are asked to specify
Especially effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an entire system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a more detailed configuration of each component of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for schematically explaining a music designation operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for schematically explaining an operation related to combination of designated music pieces in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for describing an operation procedure relating to combination of designated music pieces in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the data structure of sector 0 of the U-TOC of the MD.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating an example of a reproduction process using U-TOC.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating the data structure of sector 1 of the U-TOC of the MD.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating the data structure of sector 2 of the U-TOC of the MD.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data structure of a sector 4 of the U-TOC of the MD.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Personal computer, 3 ... Display, 5 ... Mouse, 7 ... MD recorder, 11 ... Window at the time of designation operation, 11b ... Song title identification display, 12 ... At the time of combination operation Window, 12b ... Display of the contents of the joining process, 41 ... MD, 50 ... Memory unit, 66 ...
GUI

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A recording control device that combines two programs recorded on a recording medium and edits the combined program into a single program, comprising: a designation unit for designating a first program and a second program; Confirming means for confirming the context when the first program and the second program are combined; and in the confirming means, the first program and the second program
A recording control device that reverses the above-mentioned context when the context is not desired when the programs are combined. 2. A recording control method in which two programs recorded on a recording medium are combined and edited into a single program, wherein a step of designating a first program and a step of designating a second program are provided. Determining whether it is a desired editing process to perform the combining process of the second program after the first program; combining the second program after the first program; A recording control method, characterized in that when the processing is not the desired editing processing, the combining processing of the first program is performed after the second program. 3. A recording control device which combines two programs recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined information recording device and edits the combined program into a single program, wherein a first program and a second program are designated. Program designation means for receiving a first input, and determining whether or not the context between the first program and the second program designated by the first input is a desired one. Determining input means for receiving a second input; and performing a combining process after maintaining or reversing the context of the first program and the second program in relation to the second input. Recording control device. 4. The recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium records an information signal recording area for recording an information signal for each program, and identification information relating to each program recorded in the information signal recording area. A recording control device comprising: 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the program designating means performs a first display for displaying the identification information reproduced from the recording medium, and performs the first display with reference to the first display. GUI means for receiving the input of the second program, wherein the determination input means displays the first program and the second program specified by the first input in the order in which they are combined. A recording control device, wherein the recording control device is a GUI unit that performs display and receives the second input made with reference to the second display. 6. The apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a control signal for issuing a control signal for instructing rewriting of the recorded content of the management area of the recording medium at a predetermined timing in response to the combining process. A recording control device characterized by the above-mentioned. 7. The recording control device according to claim 4, wherein the recording control device is connected to the information recording device via a control signal transmission path capable of transmitting a control signal bidirectionally. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the identification information reproduced from a management area of the recording medium in the information recording device is received via a control signal transmission path, and the received identification information is stored. A recording control device further comprising a storage unit. 9. A recording control method in which two programs recorded on a recording medium in a predetermined information recording device are combined and edited into a single program, wherein a first program and a second program are designated. Receiving the first input, and determining whether the context between the first program and the second program specified by the first input is a desired one. Receiving the input of (i), and performing the combining process after maintaining or reversing the context of the first program and the second program in relation to the second input. Method.