Playback method and apparatus for reading audio programs recorded on a record carrier

摘要

A playback apparatus for reading a record carrier includes a drive unit for sending out audio sectors that were recorded on the record carrier, an ID extractor for extracting the ID codes of the audio sectors that were sent out by the drive unit, a retrieval controller for receiving the ID codes extracted by the ID extractor, and a sector data extractor for receiving data fields of the audio sectors that were sent out by the drive unit. The sector data extractor is controlled by the retrieval controller to extract the data fields of appropriate ones of the audio sectors when the ID codes thereof are recognized by the retrieval controller as belonging to a selected one of the audio programs.