Patent ID: 7000246

Claim:
A recording/reproducing apparatus for receiving digital broadcasting, comprising: a receiver that receives a transport stream containing control data for realizing interactive operations; a converter that generates a data stream for reproduction containing the control data in accordance with packets as to a desired service selected from the transport stream being received; a recorder that records the data stream from the converter on a recording medium; a readout device that reads out the data stream recorded on the medium; an operation handing device that handles operations made by an operator; and a reproducer that reproduces signals representing contents of services by one of receiving a transport stream from the receiver when the apparatus is in a playback mode and receiving a transport stream from the readout device when the apparatus is in a receive mode, wherein the reproducer outputs the reproduced signals; wherein the playback mode includes a normal playback mode and a special playback mode; and wherein the reproducer carries out an interactive operation in which the reproducer outputs an image for performing operations in accordance with control data contained in the transport stream being received and changes the signal representing contents of the services being outputted in accordance with an input of the operator when the apparatus is in the receive mode and the normal playback mode; and wherein the reproducer does not carry out the interactive operation when the apparatus is in the special playback mode.