Patent ID: 7106949

Claim:
Method for the reproduction of digital data streams, comprising: receiving a plurality of data streams being joined together in form of a DVB transport stream, data of the data streams being grouped into packets, and a packet containing in addition to video, audio or PCR information a packet identification information for specifying which data stream the packet is assigned to; selecting one or more of the data streams of the DVB transport stream using the packet identification information; recording the selected one or more data streams with unchanged packet identification information; evaluating a Program Association Table and a Program Map Table within the recorded one or more data streams for determining the packet identification information of at least one of the video, audio and PCR Packets of at least one of the recorded one or more data streams; setting subsequent to the recording and before the reproduction of one of the data streams the determined packet identification information to a predetermined value which differs from the original value; and selecting packets with the set predetermined value of the packet identification information for reproduction.