Image capture apparatus

An image capture apparatus comprising:

• a camera unit that generates first video data from captured images;
• a video signal input unit that generates second video data from an analog video signal input from an external source;
• a video PES (packetized elementary stream) generating unit that generates a video PES from one of the first video data and the second video data;
• a first conversion unit that converts the video PES into a MPEG-2 program stream in a first mode;
• a second conversion unit that converts the video PES into a MPEG-2 transport stream in the first mode;
• a recording unit that records the MPEG-2 program stream on a random-access recording medium in the first mode;
• a communication unit that transmits the MPEG-2 transport stream to an external device in the first mode, and receives the MPEG-2 transport stream from the external device in a second mode, wherein a mode change between the first and second modes is initiated by a user of the image capture apparatus;
• a conversion determination unit that determines, according to a user instruction, whether a change of at least one of a preset number of pixels and frame rate of the received MPEG-2 transport stream is necessary in the second mode;
• and
• a decoding unit that decodes the received MPEG-2 transport stream into decoded video data, and changes at least one of the preset number of pixels and frame rate of the decoded video data according to the user instruction in the second mode based on the determination result of the conversion determination unit,
• wherein, if the conversion determination unit determines that the change is necessary in the second mode:
• the decoding unit decodes the received MPEG-2 transport stream and changes at least one of the preset number of pixels and frame rate of the decoded video data;
• the video PES generating unit generates the video PES from the decoded video data of which at least one of the preset number of pixels and frame rate has been changed by the decoding unit;
• and
• the first conversion unit converts the video PES generated from the decoded video data into the MPEG-2 program stream enabling the recording unit to record the converted MPEG-2 program stream on the random-access recording medium, and
• wherein, if the conversion determination unit determines that the change is not necessary in the second mode:
• the second conversion unit inversely-converts the received MPEG-2 transport stream into the converted video PES, and the first conversion unit directly converts the converted video PES in the MPEG-2 program stream without decoding the converted video PES enabling the recording unit to record the converted MPEG-2 program stream on the random-access recording medium.