Patent ID: 7729596

Claim:
An information recording system constructed by making connection between an optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus for recording information on an optical disk and reproducing information recorded on the optical disk and a digital video apparatus for outputting a pickup image as digital image data of a predetermined format through a predetermined digital cable, the information recording system comprising; packet speed setting means for making setting so as to send out a cycle start packet for sending in synchronization at predetermined-times speed when image data is transferred from the digital video apparatus to the optical disk recording apparatus, predetermined-times speed dubbing function determination means for determining whether or not the digital video apparatus connected to the optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus has a predetermined-times speed dubbing function when image data recorded on the digital video apparatus is dubbed on the optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus at predetermined-times speed, notification means for notifying the digital video apparatus to perform predetermined-times speed dubbing from the optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus in the case of determining that the digital video apparatus has the predetermined-times speed dubbing function, and predetermined-times speed dubbing start means for starting predetermined-times speed dubbing by controlling components of the digital video apparatus and the optical disk recording and reproducing apparatus related to the predetermined-times speed dubbing by the notification.