Patent ID: 7366407
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. In combination with a DV recording device having a storage and an encoder for encoding DV data including a plurality of DIF blocks each having respective header and payload sections, said DV recording device only capable of reproducing a visual image from DV-formatted data stored in said DIF blocks, a receiver comprising: (a) a frame packetizer operatively connected to said DV recording device that receives multiplexed MPEG data and sequentially inserts said MPEG data, in an MPEG format and including an MPEG header, into payload sections of respective DIF data blocks for storage on said DV recording device; (b) a reconstruction depacketizer operatively connected to said DV recording device and operatively connected to an MPEG decoder that is capable of de-multiplexing MPEG data and decoding said data for presentation on a display device, said reconstruction depacketizer sequentially receiving DV-formatted data stored on said DV recording device, extracting MPEG data from said respective DIF data blocks, and arranging said MPEG data into a multiplexed bitstream for transfer to said MPEG decoder.