Patent ID: 6269219
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A data transfer and recording apparatus for transferring four channels of digital audio data from a disk-shaped recording medium to a magnetic tape containing a two-channel audio sector, comprising:a memory for storing said four channels of digital audio data supplied by said disk-shaped recording medium, for reading out the stored audio data to an interleave circuit, and for maintaining control over the stored read out audio data of said memory;an interleaving circuit for interleaving said four channels of audio data read from said memory into two channels, each containing two streams of interleaved audio data;a mixer for mixing said interleaved audio data with video data supplied by said disk-shaped recording medium; anda recording controller for recording one channel of said interleaved audio data on a first region of said audio sector, recording the other channel of said interleaved audio data on a second region of said audio sector continuing from said first region and recording said video data on a video sector.