Patent ID: 6587636
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for reproducing video data recorded on a tape-shaped recording medium in one of a first recording mode in which the video data is recorded while the tape-shaped recording medium is transported at a first speed one after another and a second recording mode in which the video data is recorded while the tape-shaped recording medium is transported at a second speed different from the first speed one after another, said apparatus comprising:transport means for transporting the tape-shaped recording medium; reproducing means for reproducing the video data from the tape-shaped recording medium; and mode setting means for selectively setting one of a plurality of modes including a first slow reproduction mode in which video data recorded in the first recording mode is reproduced by said reproducing means while the tape-shaped recording medium is transported by said transport means at a third speed different from each of the first and second speeds and a second slow reproduction mode in which video data recorded in the second recording mode is reproduced by said reproducing means while the tape-shaped recording medium is transported by said transport means at the third speed.