| 摘要 |
Disclosed are a personal video recorder (PVR) using metadata and a recording control method thereof that facilitates the selective recording of user-preferred segments of a broadcast program in real time. The PVR includes a broadcast receiver for receiving the digital broadcast and dividing the digital broadcast program into video data, audio data, and metadata. The PVR also includes a DS analyzer for analyzing the metadata and outputting program-related information corresponding to the digital broadcast program, a user input unit for receiving recording preference information from a user for recording the digital broadcast program, a program information processor for filtering the program-related information using the user-supplied recording preference information, a synchronous buffer for temporarily storing the video data and the audio data, a recording unit for encoding and storing the video data and the audio data temporarily stored in the synchronous buffer, and a control unit for comparing the filtered program information with the recording preference information and controlling the synchronous buffer and the recording unit in accordance with the results of a comparison.
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