Patent ID: 7283570

Claim:
A digital signal receiving apparatus for receiving a transmitted digital broadcasting signal on which a plurality of programs are multiplexed in a packet format, comprising: a receiving circuit which receives said transmitted digital broadcasting signal and demodulates the received signal; a packet separating circuit which extracts as a separated signal a packet of video, audio and Program Clock Reference (PCR) which is indicative of time information required, Program Association Table (PAT), Program Map Table (PMT) and program information when decoding from the received digital signal; an output circuit which converts the separated signal from said packet separating circuit into a recording format of a recording apparatus and outputs the converted signal to the recording apparatus for recording; and a control circuit which controls said packet separating circuit in accordance with a desired program and controls said output circuit to output video, audio and PCR, PAT, PMT and program information of the desired program to the recording apparatus.