EDITING SYSTEM AND EDITING METHOD

摘要

An editing system provided with an editor (1) which edits video data of a plurality of channels, a disk recorder (2) which is constituted of a disk array having a plurality of disks, and a computer (3). The disk recorder (2) prepares a block map which is used for managing the recording area of each disk so that each sub-block data can be recorded at such a position that the rotation standby time of a head is minimized at the time of accessing to the address of sub-block data recorded on each disk, divides the picture element data of a source video frame into a plurality of sub-block data at every frame based on the block map, and records the sub-block data so that the data can be distributed among a plurality of different disks.