Data recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method

Abstract

A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method for the system scale is arranged to capable of being expanded. The present invention causes distribution means to separate first video data into a plurality of second video data in predetermined frames, and cyclically distribute said video data to a plurality of systems, each recording and/or reproducing means to record the second video data of the corresponding system of provided through the network to each recording and/or reproducing means, output means to provide a reproduction request for corresponding second video data to each recording and/or reproducing means through the network in response to a reproduction request for the first video data, and each recording and/or reproducing means to reproduce and output the first video data based on the second video data reproduced from the recording medium and provided through the network, whereby it is possible to attain a data recording and/or reproducing method which can distribute the recording or reproduction processing of the second video and/or audio data to each system to reduce processing load on one recording and/or reproducing means, and thus to accommodate more recording and reproduction requests by that amount, so that it is possible to attain a data recording and/or reproducing apparatus and method in which the system scale can be expanded.

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