Patent ID: 6198589
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A video tape recorder for recording and reproducing audio and video signals in tracks on a magnetic tape, comprising:means for recording and reproducing absolute track addresses in each of at least some of a plurality of tracks on a magnetic tape, the absolute track address of said each of at least some of the plurality of tracks corresponding to a distance of said each of at least some of the plurality of tracks from a start position of the magnetic tape, the absolute track addresses being incremented or decremented in a predetermined manner with increasing track position along a recording direction of the magnetic tape;the recording and reproducing means being operative to record audio and video signals in the plurality of tracks; andcontrol means for controlling the recording and reproducing means to initiate recording of the audio and video signals from a track having a predetermined absolute track address corresponding to a predetermined distance from the start position of the magnetic tape, while preventing recording of any audio and video signals by the recording and reproducing means at any location on the tape preceding the predetermined absolute track address;the control means being further operative to control the recording and reproducing means to record at least one absolute track address at a position on the magnetic tape preceding the predetermined absolute track address.