A recording/reproduction apparatus and a recording/reproduction method are adapted
to information on the recording area of a recording medium without intervention
of the operator if the recording medium is short of capacity necessary for recording
the information to be recorded. If information not recorded on a magnetic tape
is supplied to DTR 9 and central control section 2 determines that
the magnetic tape does not have a recording capacity sufficient for recording the
information, the central control section 2 causes the DTR 9 to record
said information not recorded on the magnetic tape in the storage area of the magnetic
tape storing one or more than one pieces of information with the oldest time and
date of recording.
