Digital signal recording/reproducing apparatus

摘要

An apparatus is disclosed for simultaneously recording and reproducing plurality of audio/video signals in a digital video cassette recorder and a digital video camera. One set of audio and video signals is designated as being the "main signals" and are recorded to and reproduced from a main data area according to a data recording format. Another set of audio and video signals is designated as being the "sub-signals" and are recorded to and reproduced from an auxiliary data area of the standard data recording format. Accordingly, a plurality of channels can be recorded or reproduced simultaneously. This also enables the simultaneous recording and reproduction of audio in two or more languages.