Patent ID: 6516135
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A compressed video data processing system comprising:a digital video cassette recorder operable to record and reproduce compressed digital video data according to a first image compression format; a first recording and reproducing device, including a storage device, operable to record and reproduce compressed digital video data according to a second image compression format that is different from the first image compression format; an image format converter, connected between said digital video cassette recorder and said first recording and reproducing device, operable to convert compressed digital video data between the first image compression format of said digital video cassette recorder and the second image compression format of said first recording and reproducing device; a second recording and reproducing device, including a storage device and being connected to said first recording and reproducing device, operable to record and reproduce compressed digital video data according to the second image compression format; and a controller operable to control said first recording and reproducing device, said second recording and reproducing device, and said digital video cassette recorder; wherein compressed video data is transferred between said digital video cassette recorder and said first recording and reproducing device through said image format converter at a first transfer speed, and compressed digital video data is transferred between said first and second recording and reproducing devices at a second transfer speed.