Audio/video data reproducing apparatus which generates end of data

Abstract

An audio/video data reproducing apparatus reads out data from a first storage, which has its storage area equally divided into clusters and stores audio/video data on a cluster-by-cluster basis, to transfer the data read out to utility equipment over a communication path. A second storage stores address data designating clusters of the first storage. Clusters including data to be read out are searched for, and the address data designating the clusters thus searched for is stored in the second storage in a predetermined order. The address data is then sequentially read out from the second storage to generate a real address addressing a storage location of the storage area, which is in turn provided with the real address to develop the stored data in the predetermined order. In response to an error occurring during the transmission on the communication path, the second storage is interrupted from developing the address data therefrom. In response to an amount of the audio/video data corresponding to the capacity of one cluster having been transferred, the second storage develops address data designating another cluster including following data to be read out to generate a real address accordingly. When the clusters associated with the audio/video data already transferred reach in number the clusters searched for, an end-of-read signal is developed.