Digital video and audio signal recording and/or reproducing devices

摘要

A digital video and audio signal recording and/or reproducing device comprises: a recording format having a first recording area for recording a coded video signal, a second recording area for recording a coded audio signal, and a third recording area for recording an audio associated data constructed in pack form; means for coding the video signal and recording it in the first recording area; means for coding the audio signal and recording it in the second recording area; means for forming in pack the audio-associated information inserted in a vertical blanking period of the video signal and recording it in the third recording area; means for reproducing the coded video signal from the first recording area and coding the video signal; means for reproducing the coded audio signal from the second recording area and coding the audio signal; and means for reproducing the audio-associated information formed in pack from the third recording area and reading out the associated information.