To provide a composite type information recording and reproducing device having a function of automatically starting dubbing without depending on a user's operation when a television program recorded in a hard disk is dubbed to another recording medium in each case.

When the television program recorded in the hard disk 3 is dubbed to a DVD 6, if the DVD 6 has thumbnail information of the television program, a thumbnail information detecting means 14 detects the thumbnail information, and a flag determining means 15 determines whether there is a record flag in the detected thumbnail information. If there is a record flag, a program determining means 16 determines whether there is a television program in the hard disk 3 in the same channel and in the same time zone, and when there is the television program in the same channel and in the same time zone and a date determining means 17 determines that a date when video recording is performed is different, dubbing from the hard disk 3 to the DVD 6 is carried out.