Patent ID: 6141486
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of recording data in parallel rows on a tape, the method comprising the steps of:recording in each of a first through N.sup.th parallel row on the tape, a first through m.sup.th sync block, wherein N and m are integers and wherein N is greater than one and is twice the highest fast forward trick play speed of operation at which the data being recorded is to be read back, the step of recording each of the first through m.sup.th sync blocks in each of the first through N.sup.th parallel rows including:i. recording a header identifying the number of the sync block being recorded and the number of the row in which the sync block is being recorded, each one of the N rows being identified by a different number; andii. recording a data block corresponding to the sync block being recorded; andrepeating the step of recording in each of a first through N.sup.th parallel row on the tape, a first through m.sup.th sync block, to form a repeating pattern of N rows on the tape, each row including sync block numbers and row numbers.