Recording and reproducing apparatus, mpeg image stream recording and reproducing apparatus and medium

Abstract

There is a PSI receipt waiting time of two seconds or so from a start of decoding of an MPEG transport stream to actual display of AV data. There are provided first means of recording for recording a predetermined signal discretely including additional information of a program; means of controlling records for having said predetermined signal recorded by first means of recording; means of controlling reproduction for having said predetermined signal reproduced from said first means of recording; means of detecting PSI for detecting program specific information (PSI) from said predetermined signal; and means of adding PSI for adding said PSI to said predetermined signal.

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