Patent ID: 7433575

Claim:
An MPEG data collecting device which is connected to a recording device for recording MPEG data, comprising: information collecting unit for, during recording of MPEG data, collecting pertinent information on program contained in said MPEG data; and at least any one of an IEEE 1394 interface receiving input of said MPEG data, an MPEG encoder encoding an analog signal fed from the outside to generate MPEG data, and a digital broadcast receiver receiving a digital broadcast, wherein when said MPEG data is input from either said IEEE 1394 interface or said MPEG encoder, said information collecting unit obtains the date and time when recording of said MPEG data started and a program number stored in a PMT in said MPEG data as said pertinent information on program, and when said MPEG data is input from said digital broadcast receiver, said information collecting unit obtains said pertinent information on program by sequentially referring to a predetermined data table other than said PMT in said MPEG data in accordance with a plurality of different predetermined broadcasting standards and, if desired pertinent information on program cannot be obtained by reference to said predetermined data table, obtains the date and time when recording of said MPEG data started and a program number stored in said PMT in said MPEG data as said pertinent information on program.