Patent ID: 7133347
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus comprising: an extractor operable to extract a program clock reference from a received transport stream; a clock generator operable to generate an external clock signal synchronized with said program clock reference; a time-stamp generator operable to generate an arrival time stamp corresponding to a time of receipt of a transport packet in synchronization with said external clock signal; a formatting unit operable to add said arrival time stamp to the transport packet; an information generator operable to generate information representative of a transport packet corresponding to discontinuity of the added arrival time stamps in the transport stream; and a recording unit operable to store said transport packet that includes the added arrival time stamps and the information corresponding to discontinuity of the added arrival time stamps on a storage medium; wherein when said arrival time stamp located in said storage medium is discontinuous, time of receipt timing outputs of the transport packet received from said information generator are controlled in accordance with the discontinuity information.