Patent ID: 6490107
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A recording/reproducing apparatus comprising:receiving means for receiving an information signal, the received information signal comprising packets of information signals occurring regularly as a function of time in a serial data stream of the received information signal; time stamping means for time stamping the packets comprised in the received information signal using a time stamp clock reference signal; writing means for recording an information signal comprising the time-stamped packets in at least one track of a record carrier, using a write clock reference signal for synchronizing the writing means; and reading means linked with detector means for reproducing the recorded time-stamped packets from at least one track of the record carrier using a read clock reference signal for sampling the recorded information signal, characterized in that the recording/reproducing apparatus further comprises: clock generating means having a single reference crystal for generating the time stamp clock reference signal, the write clock reference signal and the read clock reference signal.