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THE INVENTION RELATES TO A REPLAY APPLIANCE HAVING A SCANNING DEVICE FOR RECORDING MEDIA CONTAINING INFORMATION BLOCKS, HAVING MEANS FOR ACCESSING THE RECORDING MEDIUM AT A DEFINED PLAYING TIME IF THE RECORDING MEDIUM HAS NO CONCORDANCE LIST PRODUCING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPLAY TIME AND THE RECORDING LOCATION, OR THE CONCORDANCE LIST IS DAMAGED. IN ORDER TO ACCESS OR TO REPLAY A RECORDING MEDIUM AT A DEFINED PLAYING TIME, SAID RECORDING MEDIUM BEING, FOR EXAMPLE, A DIGITAL VERSATILE DISK (WHICH IS ALSO CALLED A DVD) WHICH HAS NO SO-CALLED DVD VIDEO TITLE SET TIME MAP TABLE, A REPLAY APPLIANCE IS PROVIDED WHICH DRIVES THE SCANNING DEVICE (USING A BINARY SEARCH) TO A POINT ON THE RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE ACCESS DEFINED BY THE PLAYING TIME.THE FIELD OF APPLICATION OF THE INVENTION EXTENDS TO REPLAY APPLIANCES FOR RECORDING MEDIA CONTAINING INFORMATION BLOCKS, SUCH AS A DIGITAL VIDEO DISK (WHICH IS ALSO CALLED A DVD).(FIGURE 1)
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