Patent ID: 6185362
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A digital camcorder having an audio signal output channel which records audio signals on shooting scenes and dubs audio signals respectively in a main channel and a sub-channel according to a shooting mode or a dubbing mode during recording, and outputs the audio signals recorded in the main channel and the sub-channel during playback, the digital camcorder comprising:an operating portion for applying an operation command of the playback mode or the shooting/dubbing mode;an audio input/output portion for inputting/outputting the audio signals;a channel select portion for selecting a channel for recording audio signals input during recording and a channel for outputting the audio signals during playback;an error correction coding/decoding portion for inserting a dubbing flag according to a dubbing flag insertion command during recording and for detecting the dubbing flag according to a dubbing flag detection command during playback; anda controlling portion for applying the dubbing flag insertion command to the error correction coding/decoding portion during the dubbing mode during recording and for applying the dubbing flag detection command to the error correction coding/decoding portion during playback, according to an operational command supplied by the operating portion, thereby controlling the channel select portion according to the existence of the dubbing flag detected.