Recording/reproducing apparatus having writing means for recording and/or reading means and detector means for reproducing an information signal in/or from at least one track on a record carrier

摘要

Recording/reproducing apparatus for recording/reproducing a serial information stream of AN signals comprising packets of information signals, such as MPEG Transport Packets, on/from a recording medium. The apparatus comprises time stamping means for time stamping received information packets in accordance with a time stamping clock reference, writing means for recording the information packets in accordance with a write clock reference and reading means for reproducing the information packets in accordance with a read clock reference. All clock references are derived from a single crystal clock reference. The read clock reference has a frequency equal to the frequency of the single crystal clock reference, which frequency is an integer multiple of the frequency of the write clock reference. The time stamp clock reference has a frequency derived from the single crystal clock reference by digital counter means.