Magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus and data arranging method

摘要

Special reproduction data from a special reproduction data generating circuit 2 is applied to a special reproduction data arranging circuit 6. A frame-change flag that changes for unit of frame and a positional sequence signal that is initialized by the frame-change flag and is incremented in unit of special data of a special reproduction data position are supplied to the special reproduction data arranging circuit 6. The special reproduction data arranging circuit 6 arranges dummy data instead of the next frame data on the subsequent special reproduction data positions when a frame is changed so that a positional sequence signal is not initialized more than twice in one repetitive recording area. Thus, it becomes possible to rearrange data using a positional sequence signal in the reproduction.