A method of managing a recordable area as a list (TOC) and a recording or reproducing apparatus for performing a recording operation based on the list information.

摘要

If a recordable area exists in the outermost circumferential position of the recordable area, it is first linked to the recordable area, otherwise, the link is managed from the inner circumference of the disk in the order of address, and the recording is performed in this order. The minimum, particularly the distance between the segments and the minimum recording is possible, so that the shortening of the segment access time and the possibility of unnecessary access at the time of reproduction are aimed at, and as a result, sound disconnection and vibration resistance at the time of reproduction operation are achieved. The fall can be prevented.