Video recording apparatus and control method thereof

A video recording apparatus is provided with: a primary storage (5) of ring buffer type; a removable type secondary storage (9); a receiving device (1 1 -1 n ) receiving broadcasting video signals simultaneously; an information detecting device (14) detecting user's preference information; a program detecting device (12) detecting broadcasting programs while assigning priorities to the broadcasting programs according to the preference information; a secondary storage control device (13) detecting, as archived recording programs, broadcasting programs having higher priorities among the assigned priorities, acquiring the video signals of the archived recording programs, and causing the video signals to be recorded in the secondary storage; and primary storage control device (13) detecting, as regular recording programs, several broadcasting programs which may be received as the video signals among the broadcasting programs according to the assigned priorities, acquiring the video signals of the regular recording programs from the receiving device, and causing the video signals to be recorded in the primary storage.