Patent ID: 6341193
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A recording apparatus for recording an information signal in a track on a record carrier, the information signal comprising packets that may occur irregularly as a function of time in a serial datastream of the information signal, the apparatus comprising:input means for receiving the information signal; time stamp generator means for generating time stamps having a relationship to the moments of occurrence of each said packets comprised in the information signal received, the time stamp generator means generating subsequent cycles of count values in response to a clock signal, the time stamp generator means further deriving each of time stamp values in response to a detection of an occurrence of each of said packets in said information signal received, said time stamp values for said packets having a relationship to the count value at said moments of occurrence of said packets, respectively; combining means for combining said packets and the corresponding time stamp values to form a composite packet; and writing means for writing the composite packet in said track on the record carrier, characterized in that the time stamp generator means comprises: variable increment value determining means for generating a variable increment value in response to a control signal; adder means for adding the variable increment value to a count value in response to the clock signal to form a subsequent count value in a cycle of count values; and comparator means for comparing one or more program clock reference values comprised in packets in the information signal with one or more time stamp values to derive the control signal.