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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1994
Jozef M Timmermans, Hasselt, BE;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Record carrier on which a main data file and a control file have been recorded, method of and device for recording the main data file and the control file, and device for reading the record carrier. A record carrier (184) is described on which main data files (TV/4, TV, . . . , 256 TV) and a control file (BB; IIDB) have been recorded, the control data in the control file being intended for controlling the reproduction of representations of the main data in the main data file during or after read-out of the main data file. The main data file and the control file are derived from a main data signal and a control data signal respectively in accordance with the same formatting and coding rules. The control data signal comprises packets (151) of n identical control data bit groups (150), n being an integer greater than or equal to 2.