Digital camcorder with automatic select function of audio signal output channels and recording/reproducing method of audio signals

A digital camcorder having an audio signal output channel which records audio signals of shooting scenes and dubs audio signals in a main channel and a sub-channel, respectively, according to a shooting mode or a dubbing mode, the digital camcorder comprising:

• an operating portion for applying an operation command of a shooting/dubbing mode;
• an audio input portion for inputting the audio signals;
• a channel select portion for selecting a channel for recording the input audio signals;
• an error correction coding portion for inserting a dubbing flag according to a dubbing flag insertion command;
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• a controlling portion for applying the dubbing flag insertion command to the error correction coding portion during the dubbing mode, according to an operational command supplied by the operating portion.

A digital camcorder having an audio signal output channel which outputs audio signals recorded in a main channel and a sub-channel, the digital camcorder comprising:

• an operating portion for applying an operation command of the playback mode;
• an audio output portion for outputting the audio signals;
• a channel select portion for selecting a channel for outputting the audio signals;
• an error correction decoding portion for detecting a dubbing flag according to a dubbing flag detection command;
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• a controlling portion for applying the dubbing flag detection command to the error correction decoding portion, according to an operational command supplied by the operating portion, thereby controlling the channel select portion according to the existence of the dubbing flag detected.

A method of recording audio signals in a digital camcorder, comprising the steps of:

• (a) determining whether a set recording mode is a dubbing mode or a shooting mode;
• (b) inserting a dubbing flag and recording the audio signals in a sub-channel if the set recording mode is determined in step (a) to be the dubbing mode;
• (c) recording the audio signals in the main channel if the set recording mode is determined in the step (a) to be a shooting mode;
• (d) determining whether the recording is finished;
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• (e) returning to the step (a) if the recording is not finished, and ending the method if the recording is finished.

A method of playing back audio signals recorded in each channel in a digital camcorder, comprising the steps of:

• (a) determining whether a dubbing flag is detected during playback;
• (b) outputting audio signals of a sub-channel when the dubbing flag is detected in the step (a) and audio signals of a main channel when the dubbing flag is not detected in the step (a);
• (c) determining whether the playback is finished;
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• (d) returning to the step (a) if the playback is not finished, and ending the method if the playback is finished.

A method of recording audio signals in a digital camcorder, comprising the steps of:

• (a) determining whether a set recording mode is a dubbing mode or a shooting mode;
• (b) inserting a dubbing flag and recording the audio signals, which are transformable into audio sounds, in a sub-channel if the set recording mode is determined in step (a) to be the dubbing mode;
• (c) recording the audio signals, which are transformable into audio sounds, in the main channel if the set recording mode is determined in the step (a) to be a shooting mode;
• (d) determining whether the recording is finished;
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• (e) returning to the step (a) if the recording is not finished, and ending the method if the recording is finished.