Recording of trick play signals on a record carrier

An apparatus for recording a first and a second digital information signal in slant tracks on a magnetic record carrier, the apparatus comprising:

• input means for receiving the first and second digital information signals;
• signal processing means for processing the first and second digital information signals into first and second trick play signals, respectively, suitable for recording in the slant tracks;
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• writing means for writing, at a recording speed of the record carrier, the first and second trick play signals to form trick play segments located at specific positions in said slant tracks, the writing means comprising at least a first and a second write head located on a rotatable head drum, the first write head having a gap with a first azimuth angle, and the second write head having a gap with a second azimuth angle which is different from the first azimuth angle, the first digital information signal enabling replay in a reproduction apparatus at a trick play reproduction speed which equals n1 times the recording speed, the second digital information signal enabling replay in said reproduction apparatus at a trick play reproduction speed which equals n2 times the recording speed, where n1 and n2 are integers unequal to each other and unequal to 0 and 1, characterized in that the first and second trick play signals comprise sync blocks of information of the first and second digital information signals, respectively, and that the writing means writes the sync blocks of the first trick play signal into first trick play segments, and writes the sync blocks of the second trick play signal into second trick play segments, enabling, during reproduction at said trick play speed n1 times the recording speed in said reproduction apparatus, said reproduction apparatus being provided with reading means for reading the first and second trick play segments, said reading means comprising at least a first and a second read head located on a rotatable head drum, said first read head having a gap with an azimuth angle substantially equal to said first azimuth angle, and the second read head having a gap with an azimuth angle substantially equal to said second azimuth angle, reading of m1 sync blocks of the first trick play signal from first trick play segments during one revolution of the head drum and enabling, during reproduction at said trick play speed n2 times the recording speed, reading of m1 sync blocks of the second trick play signal from second trick play segments during one revolution of the rotatable head drum, where m1 is an integer larger than 1, and that the writing means writes said first trick play segments in said slant tracks, enabling the reading of at least one first trick play segment by the first read head and the reading of at least one other first trick play segment by the second read head during said one revolution of the rotatable head drum during reproduction at said trick play speed n1 times the recording speed.