Patent ID: 6954582

Claim:
A digital VTR for storing actual data in a memory and recording, every time for each recording block comprising a front dummy data portion, an actual data portion and a rear dummy data portion, actual data corresponding to the capacity of the actual data portion in the recording block are stored in the memory, data for the recording block, that is, front dummy data, the actual data stored in the memory, and rear dummy data in this order on a magnetic tape at the time of recording, while intermittently reading out the data recorded on the magnetic tape for the recording block, storing in the memory the actual data read out of the magnetic tape, reading out the actual data stored in the memory, and reproducing and outputting the read actual data at the time of reproduction, comprising: means for recording a cue mark in a position, corresponding to a predetermined position in the middle of each recording block, on a control track of the magnetic tape at the time of recording; means for stopping the acceptance of the data in the memory and accelerating a capstan motor at the time point where the actual data in the recording block are stored in predetermined amounts in the memory at the time of fast-forward play; and means for decelerating the capstan motor when the cue mark is detected.