Patent ID: 6289171
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
Arrangement for recording a digital video signal and a corresponding digital audio signal in slant tracks on a longitudinal magnetic record carrier, said tracks comprising an audio signal recording sector and a video signal recording sector for storing the digital audio signal and the digital video signal, respectively, the arrangement comprising:first and second input terminals for receiving the digital audio signal and the digital video signal, respectively;conversion means for converting the digital audio signal and the digital video signal to form a composite signal for recording on the record carrier;recording means for recording the converted digital audio signal and digital video signal in said composite signal in the audio signal recording sector and the video signal recording sector, respectively, of a track, the video signal recording sector in a track further comprising an auxiliary signal recording part for storing an auxiliary signal;means for additionally storing the digital audio signal in the auxiliary signal recording parts of the video signal recording sectors in the tracks;means for generating an indicator signal indicating that the auxiliary signal recorded in the auxiliary signal recording parts of the video signal recording sectors in the tracks is an audio signal corresponding to the digital video signal recorded in the video signal recording sectors; andsignal combining means for combining the indicator signal into the composite signal for recording in the tracks.