Patent ID: 7639922

Claim:
An AutoREC signal multiplex apparatus comprising: video signal generation means of generating a video signal; indication means of indicating a recording start frame and a recording stop frame of said generated video signal; video signal recording means of recording said generated video signal, continuous frames of which are contained in a cut from said recording start frame to said recording stop frame; AutoREC signal generation means of generating an AutoREC signal, which has recording marks to be multiplexed with said continuous frames contained in said cut; and AutoREC signal multiplex means of multiplexing said generated AutoREC signal with said generated video signal, wherein said video signal recording means records said video signal with which said generated AutoREC signal has been multiplexed, and said recording mark has a value which changes alternately for every frame so that AutoREC signal detection means detects, when said recorded video signal is reproduced, an indication that reproduction of said recorded video signal is stopped.