A SYSTEM FOR FORMING AND PROCESSING PROGRAM MAP INFORMATION SUITABLE FOR TERRESTRIAL, CABLE OR SATELLITE BROADCAST

摘要

Channel map information includes program map table information in packetized program information used in video processing and storage medium formats. In a digital video system for decoding (100) an MPEG compatible datastream containing MPEG compatible program map table information, channel map information is identified and assembled (60, 22). The channel map information identifies individual packetized datastreams that constitute a broadcast program. The channel map information associates a broadcast channel with packet identifiers used to identify individual packetized datastreams that constitute a program transmitted in the broadcast channel. The channel map information replicates information conveyed in the MPEG compatible program map table information.