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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Oliver Wagner, Hildesheim, DE;
Werner Hatscher, Sibbesse, DE;
Ansgar Debertin, Holle, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A playback device and a storage medium for storing audio data make it possible to increase the audio data volume that may be stored on such a storage medium without increasing the data density. To this end, the audio data compressed according to at least one compression method is stored on the storage medium. The playback device includes a drive for storage media and a scanning device for audio data recorded on a storage medium inserted into the drive. The playback device furthermore includes a control that checks whether the data read is compressed. The playback device furthermore includes a decompression device that performs decompression of the audio data if the audio data is compressed.