Method and device for recording real-time information

Abstract

Real-time information is arranged according to a recording format for playing in standardized players. The information is subdivided into units and playback parameters for reproducing sequences of the units are included in the units. The format prescribes forward pointers to units that are located at a large distance from the unit which includes the forward pointers. However for home recording it is required that a recording is made in one pass, i.e. the video is to be recorded directly at its final location without a large buffer. So the device has a small buffer, and a processing unit for determining pointers to nearby units based on the buffer contents, while values for pointers pointing far forward are set arbitrarily, based on nearby units and/or default values indicating that the unit intended to be pointed to does not exist. Standard playback devices can still play the recorded material in trickplay modes with only minor deviations in the fast forward scanning speed.

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