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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Tetsuo Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kotani, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Kotani, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus and a reproducing apparatus which change a picture compression rate depending upon a picture quality of a source which a user desires to retain, thereby a tape storage space being secured. A video-data compression rate N used by a 1:N video-data compression encoderand a 1:N video-data compression decoderis changed depending upon a picture quality set by a devicefor setting a picture quality that a user desires. A tape travel speed of an archive VTRis changed in response to the picture compression rate. Thus, an amount of a tape travel is optionally set depending upon a level of the picture quality. Therefore, it is possible to optionally select a tape storage space in response to the level of the picture quality.