Patent ID: 6574692
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A recording and reproducing apparatus comprising:a recording and reproducing section to record data in a storage medium in a recording mode selected among a plurality of recording modes for different recording rates and reproduce the data from the storage medium; a digital interface connected to external equipment through a serial bus, to allocate a transmission band before data transmission and then transmit the reproduced data to the external equipment through the serial bus in the allocated transmission band; and a controller to control the recording and reproducing section for data recording and reproduction and the digital interface for data communication, wherein when reproducing the data from the storage medium and transmitting the reproduced data to the external equipment, the recording and reproducing section reproduces the data recorded in the storage medium in the recording mode selected among the recording modes, the controller controls the digital interface so that the digital interface can allocate the transmission band corresponding to the selected recording mode, and the digital interface transmits the reproduced data to the external equipment in the allocated transmission band.