Recording and reproducing device

Abstract

A recording and reproducing device capable of storing video-recording and reproducing position with reference to a character string inputted at that point of time and of reproducing the recorded video data starting at a specified position by pointing the related character string. A recording and reproducing device is provide with a recording/reproducing means for recording/reproducing video information, a character inputting means for inputting characters and a recording/reproducing position storing means for relationally storing information indicating the relation a position of recording or reproducing data by the recording/reproducing means at a time point of detection of the character inputting, the string of character inputted by the character inputting means and information indicating area wherein the characters have been inputted, when inputting of a string of character are started by the character inputting means during recording or reproducing video data by the recording/reproducing means. This allows the user to select one of character strings indicated a character display area, whereby the recorded video data can be reproduced from the video position stored with reference to the selected character string.

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