Patent ID: 6724978
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: G11B,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A recording arrangement for recording an information signal in tracks on a record carrier, the recording arrangement comprising:an input terminal for receiving the information signal; channel encoding means for channel encoding the information signal into a channel signal, the channel signal including subsequent signal blocks having a predetermined fixed length, each signal block comprising a first block section having a synchronization signal, and a second block section having a number of channel bytes; and writing means for writing the channel signal in the tracks on the record carrier, wherein the information signal is in the form of an MPEG information signal in accordance with an MPEG format, the MPEG information signal comprising subsequent transport packages having a predetermined fixed length,and wherein:the channel encoding means stores information included in x transport packets of the information signal in the second block sections of a group of y signal blocks comprising a third block section; and the channel encoding means further generates identification information and stores said identification information in said third block section of the first signal block of a group of y signal blocks, thereby identifying said signal block as being the first signal block of the group, wherein x and y are integer constants in which x&gE;1 and y>1.