Video data storage and video data transmitter as well as method to be used with the same

摘要

A data recording/reproducing apparatus comprises a data recording/reproducing means for recording data including audio and/or video data in and reproducing such data from a plurality of non-linearly accessible recording medium, a plurality of input/output processing means for processing said input data and outputting them to said recording/reproducing means, while processing said data output from said recording/reproducing means and outputting them, a control means for controlling said input/output processing means so as to make them carry out said processing operations in the allocated respective time slots and outputting time slot signals with a fixed cycle period to the respective input/output means, said control means being so adapted that, when there is an idle input/output processing means out of said plurality of input/output processing means, it outputs the time slot signals to be output to said idle input/output processing means to the remaining input/output processing means. With such an arrangement, more time slots are allocated to the busy input/output processing means, which can therefore output an increased number of data sheets per unit time for a high speed data reproducing operation to improve the operability of the apparatus. <IMAGE>