摘要 |
A digital camcorder having a function of automatically choosing an audio signal output channel. The digital camcorder includes an operating portion, an audio input/output portion, a channel select portion, an error correction coding/decoding portion, and a controlling portion. The operating portion applies an operation command of a playback or a shooting/dubbing mode. The audio input/output portion inputs/outputs the audio signals. The channel select portion selects a channel for recording audio signals input during recording and a channel for outputting the audio signals during playback. The error correction coding/decoding portion inserts a dubbing flag according to a dubbing flag inserting command during recording, and detects the dubbing flag according to a dubbing flag detection command during playback. The controlling portion applies the dubbing flag insert command to the error correction coding/decoding portion during the dubbing mode during recording, and applies the dubbing flag detection command to the error correction coding/decoding portion during playback, according to an operational command applied from the operating portion, thereby controlling the channel select portion according to the existence of the dubbing flag.
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