Patent ID: 6845214

Claim:
A video apparatus for receiving compression encoded digital audio/video signals as audio/video input signals, processing the audio/video input signals and outputting audio/video output signals, comprising: a re-encoder for re-encoding the audio/video input signals and outputting re-encoded audio/video signals, said re-encoder having internal functions for performing decoding and encoding; a recorder for accumulating the re-encoded audio/video signals as accumulated audio/video signals; and a decoder for reading the accumulated audio/video signals as readout audio/video signals and decoding the readout audio/video signals and outputting processed audio/video signals as audio/video output signals; wherein said re-encoder is comprised by: a decoding section for decoding audio/video input signals and outputting decoded audio/video signals; an effect information generating section for generating effect information in response to vacancy information representing a vacancy capacity in the recorder; an audio/video processing section for applying a process based on the effect information to the decoded audio/video signals, and outputting processed audio/video signals; and an encoder for compression encoding the processed audio/video signals, and outputting compression encoded audio/video signals as the re-encoded audio/video signals.