Patent ID: 6236663
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An information reproduction apparatus for reading out and reproducing information material having a plurality of clips, comprising:recording media on which the information material is recorded in minimum accessible units;information material storing means, including temporary buffer means, for reading out from the recording media, upon request and in sequence, a first clip and a second clip of the information material that each consist of a plurality of recording media access units, and writing the readout clips to the temporary buffer means;information material reproducing means for reproducing in process units the first clip from the temporary buffer means at the same time that the second clip is being written in the temporary buffer means by the information material storing means; andwherein a size of the recording media access unit is set at a common multiple of a size of the recording media minimum accessible unit and a size of a minimum process unit in the information material reproducing means.