Signal recording and reproducing, signal record media and signal transmission and reception

摘要

A signal recording/reproducing method and apparatus, a signal record medium, and a signal transmission/reception method and apparatus enable a signal recorded on a signal record medium to be identified as being an original signal or a copied signal. A CPU (11) generates, at a pre-set time interval, an identification signal having a meaning at a pre-set time interval, and an identification signal addition circuit (3) adds the identification signal to video signals and/or audio signals. A sector forming circuit (5) and circuit components up to a recording/reproducing head (14) record the video signals and/or the audio signals and the ancillary identification signal on an optical disc (12).