Patent ID: 6934465

Claim:
An audio and/or video data recording and reproducing apparatus, comprising: a receiving means for receiving an input data stream having command data and a plurality of channels including at least one channel of audio data and one channel video data time division multiplexed in a predetermined order; a demultiplexing means for demultiplexing said command data and each one of said plurality of channels of the received input data stream; a plurality of recording means for recording the plurality of demultiplexed channels, each one of said plurality of recording means configured to record exactly one of said plurality of channels so that random access is possible, wherein one of said plurality of recording means is configured to record exactly one of said plurality of channels; a reproducing means for reproducing the recorded plurality of channels from said plurality of recording means based, at least in part, on said demultiplexed command data; and a multiplexing means for multiplexing the reproduced plurality of channels in said predetermined order and generating an output data stream, wherein each of said plurality of recording means adopts a mirror configuration having a plurality of recording apparatuses for recording the same audio and/or video data.