Digital video and data recorder

A method of playing multiple recorded sessions of one or more digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, wherein the recorded audiovideo data includes one or more splice point indicators providing information sufficient to determine the end of each session, comprising the steps of:

• (a) reading each session from a recording medium;
• (b) applying each session to a synchronizable decoding device;
• (c) detecting one or more splice point indicators;
• (d) determining the end of a session based on the information provided by the detected splice point indicators;
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• (e) re-synchronizing the decoding device to a reference clock value corresponding to a next session in response to detection of each session end.

A system for recording sessions from one or more digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, comprising:

• (a) a formatting system for formatting each digitally encoded, interframe compressed stream of audiovideo data for recording;
• (b) a recording device for recording each formatted stream on a recording medium as one or more sessions, wherein the end of each session defines either a pause in recording of a digitally encoded, interframe compressed stream of audiovideo data or a change between different digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, wherein the end of each session may occur at any time with respect to the digitally encoded, interframe compressed stream of audiovideo data;
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• (c) a splice point indicator generation system for recording on the recording medium one or more splice point indicators providing information sufficient to determine the end of each session.

A system for playing multiple recorded sessions of one or more digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, wherein the recorded audiovideo data includes one or more splice point indicators providing information sufficient to determine the end of each session, the system being configured to be coupled to a synchronizable decoding device, comprising:

• (a) a media reading device for reading each session from a recording medium and applying each session to the synchronizable decoding device;
• (b) a detector system for detecting one or more splice point indicators and determining the end of a session based on the information provided by the detected splice point indicators;
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• (c) a control system for re-synchronizing the synchronizable decoding device to a reference clock value corresponding to a next session in response to detection of each session end.

A system for playing multiple recorded sessions of one or more digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, wherein the recorded audiovideo data includes one or more splice point indicators providing information sufficient to determine the end of each session, comprising:

• (a) a media reading device for reading each session from a recording medium;
• (b) a synchronizable decoding device for receiving each read stream from the media reading device;
• (c) a detector system for detecting one or more splice point indicators and determining the end of a session based on the information provided by the detected splice point indicators;
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• (d) a control system for re-synchronizing the synchronizable decoding device to a reference clock value corresponding to a next session in response to detection of each session end.

A method of recording, with a pause and resume function, and playing back, sessions from one or more digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, comprising the steps of:

• (a) formatting each digitally encoded, interframe compressed stream of audiovideo data for recording;
• (b) recording each formatted stream on a recording medium as one or more sessions while permitting pausing of recording of a formatted stream, wherein the end of each session defines a pause in recording of a formatted stream;
• (c) recording on the recording medium one or more splice point indicators providing information sufficient to determine the end of each session;
• (d) reading each session from the recording medium;
• (e) applying each session to a synchronizable decoding device;
• (f) detecting one or more splice point indicators;
• (g) determining the end of a session based on the information provided by the detected splice point indicators;
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• (h) re-synchronizing the decoding device to a reference clock value corresponding to a next session in response to detection of each session end.

A system for recording, with a pause and resume function, and playing back, sessions from one or more digitally encoded, interframe compressed streams of audiovideo data, comprising:

• (a) a formatting system for formatting each digitally encoded, interframe compressed stream of audiovideo data for recording;
• (b) a recording device for recording each formatted stream on a recording medium as one or more sessions while permitting pausing and resuming of recording of a formatted stream, wherein the end of each session defines a pause in recording of a formatted stream, and for recording on the recording medium one or more splice point indicators providing information sufficient to determine the end of each session;
• (c) a media reading device for reading each session from the recording medium and applying each session to a synchronizable decoding device;
• (d) a detector for detecting one or more splice point indicators and determining the end of a session based on the information provided by the detected splice point indicators;
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• (e) a control system for re-synchronizing the decoding device to a reference clock value corresponding to a next session in response to detection of each session end.