JP2001236768A - Hybrid type video signal recording and reproducing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such a problem that after a video signal is reproduced from the leading of a video source by a HDD for the prescribed time, since a video signal succeeding this reproduction is switched so as to be reproduced by a VTR, random access and trick play are hard to perform after switching to a VTR. SOLUTION: A HDD 3 reproduces picture data of an arbitrary recorded video source and supplies it to a VCR 4, records the picture data in a magnetic tape, while leaves a record region of the prescribed time being longer than the maximum time required for program-searching-reproduction of a VCR 4 in a record region of the HDD 3 as a record region for program searching from the leading of a record region of the arbitrary video source, and uses a residual record region as an erasion or overwriting record region. After reproduced picture data reproduced by the VCR 4 and being in a record position on a magnetic tape corresponding to a finish position of record position for program searching is supplied to the HDD 3 and recorded, then, it is reproduced and displayed on a television monitor 7, then, trick play utilizing random access can be performed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus, and more particularly to a first randomly accessible recording / reproducing apparatus such as a hard disk drive (HDD) and a cassette type video tape recorder (VCR).
The present invention relates to a hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus using a second recording / reproducing apparatus having an access speed lower than that of the first recording / reproducing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A private video recorder (PVR) based on an HDD having a sufficient capacity for recording video sources such as a plurality of program programs is a recording / reproducing device that can be accessed at random, but the capacity of the HDD is limited. In addition, since it is not exchangeable (removable), it will eventually be filled with the program program. For this reason, the user records a new program program by erasing or overwriting the program program that has become unnecessary after reproduction.

However, each time a program program that one does not want to erase occurs, the recordable capacity of the HDD decreases, and eventually the HDD breaks down. For this reason, it is common to copy a program program that one wants to keep onto another removable recording medium such as a magnetic tape.

In order to achieve both high-speed access and long-time recording, a hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus has been known (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-12334).
No. 6, JP-A-10-188540). In the conventional hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-123346, smooth image data transfer is performed by first reproducing from a fast-accessing medium and switching when a slow-access large-capacity medium can be accessed. Is performed.

Further, in the conventional hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-188540,
The video signal of the program program is transmitted from the beginning to the HD for a second time set according to the first time specified.
D, the video signal is reproduced by the HDD, and the subsequent video signal is recorded for a first time.
By adopting a configuration in which reproduction is performed by the recording / reproducing unit, the waiting time for rewinding the magnetic tape is reduced, and the capacity of a randomly accessible HDD is reduced.

[0006]

However, the above-mentioned PVR
Among the program programs recorded in the above, in a device for copying a program program that the user wants to keep to a magnetic tape by a VCR, the program program copied to the magnetic tape loses high-speed accessibility like an HDD and is instantly located. There is a problem that it becomes difficult.

In the conventional hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 7-123346 and 10-188540, a video signal is reproduced by a HDD for a predetermined time from the beginning of a program program. Is switched to reproduce the video signal following the VTR from the VTR. Therefore, after switching to the VTR, the speed of accessibility is lost, and there is a problem that random access and trick play are difficult.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus capable of maintaining high-speed access, in which random access and trick play can be performed, as well as instantaneous cueing.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first recording / reproducing apparatus which is randomly accessible and a second recording / reproducing apparatus which performs recording / reproducing on a replaceable recording medium.
A hybrid type video signal recording / reproducing apparatus which uses the recording / reproducing apparatus of the first type in which image data of an arbitrary video source is recorded on an exchangeable recording medium which is reproduced by a second recording / reproducing apparatus; In the recording area of the recording / reproducing apparatus, image data of an arbitrary video source is recorded from the beginning as a cueing recording area for a predetermined time longer than the maximum time required for cueing / reproducing of the second recording / reproducing apparatus. While the first recording / reproducing apparatus is reproducing the cueing recording area, the second recording / reproducing apparatus performs cueing of the switching point which is the recording position of the recording medium corresponding to the end position of the cueing area. The playback is started, and the playback image data from the switching point is
Control means for supplying the recording / reproducing apparatus to the first recording / reproducing apparatus, and the image data reproduced from the second recording / reproducing apparatus by the first control means are recorded by the first recording / reproducing apparatus in a recording area other than the cueing recording area. And a second control means for continuing the reproducing operation by the first recording / reproducing device.

According to the present invention, the first recording / reproducing apparatus performs the cueing reproduction of the cue recording area, and the reproduction operation of the second recording / reproducing apparatus is performed at the time of reproduction of the switching point during the cueing reproduction. Starting, the reproduced image data from the recording position of the recording medium corresponding to the end position of the cueing recording area is recorded in the recording area of the first recording and reproducing apparatus, and the reproduced image data of the first recording and reproducing apparatus is recorded. Since the display is performed by the display means, the image data of the arbitrary video source that has been searched and reproduced can always be displayed through the first recording / reproducing device.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a first recording / reproducing apparatus which is randomly accessible and a second recording / reproducing apparatus which performs recording / reproducing on a replaceable recording medium. A hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus having a configuration including first to third control means. Here, the first control means reproduces the image data of an arbitrary video source recorded in the first recording / reproducing device and supplies the reproduced image data to the second recording / reproducing device. Image data of an arbitrary video source is recorded on a replaceable recording medium, and a predetermined time longer than the maximum time required for cueing reproduction of the second recording / reproducing apparatus from the beginning of the recording area of the arbitrary video source. The recording area is left as a cueing recording area, and the remaining recording area of an arbitrary video source is set as an erased or overwritten recording area.

[0012] The second control means may control the recording medium corresponding to the end position of the cue area by the second recording / reproducing apparatus while the cue recording area is being reproduced by the first recording / reproducing apparatus. The reproduction is started after the switching point, which is the recording position, is located, and the reproduced image data from the switching point is supplied to the first recording / reproducing apparatus. Further, the third control means records the image data reproduced from the second recording / reproducing apparatus by the second control means in a recording area other than the cue recording area by the first recording / reproducing apparatus. At the same time, the reproducing operation by the first recording / reproducing device is continued.

According to the present invention, the image data of an arbitrary video source recorded in the first recording / reproducing device is recorded on the exchangeable recording medium by the second recording / reproducing device.
From the beginning of the recording area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus of an arbitrary video source, a recording area for a predetermined time longer than the maximum time required for cueing / reproducing of the second recording / reproducing apparatus is left as a cueing recording area. Since the remaining recording area of the video source is set as an erasing or overwriting recording area, the recording area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus can be secured to the maximum. Further, according to the present invention, similarly to the above-described invention, the cue-reproduced image data of an arbitrary video source can always be displayed through the first recording / reproducing apparatus.

[0014] The present invention also achieves the above-mentioned object.
By the third control means, when the first recording / reproducing apparatus is reproducing the recorded image data in the recording area and recording the reproduced image data from the second recording / reproducing apparatus, the reproduced image is reproduced. When detecting that the recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus for recording data has become equal to or less than a predetermined value,
Since there is provided an overwrite recording means for overwriting the reproduced image data input from the second recording / reproducing apparatus after the detection point from the head of the reproduced image data recording area from the second recording / reproducing apparatus, the first Even if the recordable area of the recording / reproducing apparatus is insufficient, the recording / reproducing of the image data can be continued until the end of the video source.

[0015] Further, the present invention achieves the above-mentioned object,
The first control means records the additional information including the video source name of the video source as a header at the beginning of the cue recording area by the first recording / reproducing apparatus, and records the additional information on the recording medium by the second recording / reproducing apparatus. In the image data of the video source
It is characterized by recording additional information including a video source name.

Further, the present invention achieves the above object,
Each time the image data of the video source is recorded in the first recording / reproducing apparatus, there is provided a selection input means for enabling a selection input as to whether or not to perform a control operation by the first control means. According to the present invention, only the image data of the video source that the user wants to reproduce later can be transferred to the recording medium of the second recording and reproducing apparatus.

Further, the present invention achieves the above object,
When detecting that the recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus has become equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, a fourth control means for operating the first control means is provided. According to the present invention, the recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus can always be secured to a predetermined value or more even without operation by the user.

Further, the present invention achieves the above object,
Instruction means for arbitrarily instructing reproduction of trick play by random access in a recording area from the head of the cue recording area to a position where the first recording / reproducing apparatus has previously written. I do. According to the present invention, the image data of an arbitrary video source that has been searched for and reproduced is always recorded in the recording area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus and then reproduced. Therefore, the image data is not recorded in the cueing recording area by the instruction means. Random access is also possible for image data.

[0019]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a video signal input via an input terminal 1 is supplied to an encoder (ENC) 2 and
After being converted into compressed code image data conforming to a predetermined compression coding method such as, for example, the data is supplied to the HDD 3 and stored.

The HDD 3 stores compression-encoded image data of a video source such as a plurality of program programs (in this specification,
This is a large-capacity, random-access recording / reproducing device capable of storing image data). HDD3
Is capable of outputting reproduced image data to a cassette type video tape recorder (VCR) 4 while recording reproduced image data from the VCR 4. This HD
The central processing unit (CPU) 5 controls the recording / reproducing operation of the D3 and VCR 4 and the specification of the recording position and the reproducing position.

The VCR 4 is a recording / reproducing apparatus having an access speed lower than that of the HDD 3, and may record and reproduce either an analog video signal or digital image data. In this case, the VCR 4 is a digital type for recording and reproducing digital image data. Description will be made assuming that the VCR is used. In addition,
When the VCR 4 records and reproduces an analog video signal on a cassette type magnetic tape, a decoder for converting the compression-encoded image data input from the HDD 3 into an analog video signal is provided in the recording system, and the analog video reproduced from the magnetic tape is provided. It is necessary to provide a decoder for compressing and encoding the signal and outputting it to the HDD 3 in the reproduction system.

The compressed and coded image data output from the encoder 2 is recorded on the HDD 3, reproduced, supplied to a decoder (DEC) 6, demodulated into an original video signal, and then supplied to a television monitor 7. Displayed on the screen. The CPU 5 is not in a narrow sense, but is equivalent to a microcomputer.

In this manner, the image data of the new program program is successively recorded on the HDD 3.
Since the capacity of the program 3 is limited, image data of the program program cannot be recorded someday. Therefore, before the image data of the new program program can no longer be recorded on the HDD 3, part of the recorded image data of any program program is recorded on the VCR 4 automatically or by the operation of the user under the control of the CPU 5. I do.

This will be described with reference to FIG.
Now, as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that all the image data of a certain program program to be recorded on the VCR 4 at 0 is recorded as schematically shown at 11. As shown in FIG. 2B, the CPU 5 records all of the image data in the recording area 11 in the HDD 3 on the VCR 4, and then, as shown in FIG. The recording area 11a for a predetermined time longer than the maximum time required for cueing by fast forward or rewind is left for cueing, and the remaining recording area 11b is erased.

In this case, a flag for identifying the recording end position of the recording area 11a is recorded, or is recorded for the above-mentioned predetermined time based on the time code. The VCR 4 records all image data from the beginning of the program program, and records an identification flag at a position (switching point) corresponding to the last position of the cueing recording area 11a. . The method of recording the identification flag may be embedded in the image data, may be included in the header, or may be recorded on another track. If the recording time of the recording area 11a is strictly defined, the recording area 1a is recorded using the time code.
Since the switching point corresponding to the last position of 1a can be identified, the identification flag need not be recorded in that case.

At the beginning of the cue recording area 11a, additional information including the program name of the program is recorded as a header, and in the image data of the program recorded on the magnetic tape by the VCR 4. Also, additional information including the above program name is recorded. This is because the content of the recorded image data can be identified at the time of subsequent reproduction. The cue recording area 11a needs to be set so as not to be overwritten or erased unless instructed by the user.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, FIG.
As shown in (C), most of the other recording areas 11b are released for the next recording while leaving the cue recording area 11a, so that the recording capacity of the HDD 3 can be substantially increased as in the conventional case. .

Next, the reproducing operation of the embodiment will be described. First, the user identifies whether or not the video signal of the program program name desired to be reproduced is recorded on the cassette type magnetic tape mounted on the VCR 4.
And reproduces the HDD 3 to search for the presence of a recording area for locating the program program name. If the recording area does not exist, the normal reproduction operation of the VCR 4 is performed. If the recording area exists, the following operation is performed.

Now, as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that a recording area 11a for cueing the name of a program desired by the user to be reproduced exists in the recording area 10 of FIG. The cue recording area 11a has a header 1 in which additional information including the program name of the program program is recorded.
1a1 and a program beginning partial recording area 11a2 in which a video signal for a predetermined time from the beginning of the program program is recorded.
Consists of

The CPU 5 determines whether the recording header 11a in the HDD 3 is
When the program program name that the user wants to reproduce is detected from 1, the HDD 3 is set to the reproduction state to start the reproduction of the program start partial recording area 11 a 2, and at the same time, the VCR 4 records the recorded video of the program program name that the user wants to reproduce. Start cueing the signal. Since the HDD 3 has high-speed accessibility, the above-mentioned search for the desired program program is instantaneously performed.

Assuming that the maximum time required for cueing the VCR 4 is, for example, 5 minutes, the program start portion recording area 11a2 is recorded, for example, for about 10 minutes, so that the HDD 3 reproduces the program start portion recording area 11a2. In between, VC
R4 fast-forwards or rewinds to the switching point of the video signal recording area of the desired program program on the magnetic tape, and starts playback when the switching point is reached. This switching point is determined in advance by a time code such as a number of minutes from the beginning of the program or by the recording position of the identification flag. The CPU 5 starts the recording operation of the HDD 3 simultaneously with the reproduction operation of the VCR 4 from the switching point (the reproduction operation of the HDD 3 is continued).

As a result, the image data of the information content immediately after the program start recording area 11a2 reproduced from the magnetic tape by the VCR 4 is recorded on the HDD 3 in FIG.
(B) starts from a specific position in the recording area 10 of the HDD 3 indicated by 13. The specific position 13 may be immediately after the cueing recording area 11a, may be determined by the header of the recording area 11a1, or may be stored in a memory other than the HDD 3. In FIG. 3, the reproduction position of the HDD 3 is indicated by PB, and the recording position is indicated by REC.

Thereafter, the reproducing operation of the VCR 4 and the recording / reproducing operation of the HDD 3 are continuously performed, and the reproduced image data from the VCR 4 is stored in the recording area 10 of the HDD 3 in FIG. ), And as long as the storage capacity of the HDD 3 has a free space, as shown by 15 in FIG.

The HDD 3 sequentially reproduces the recorded image data in the recording area 10 in parallel with the recording of the image data from the VCR 4, and when the reproduction of the program beginning recording area 11a2 is completed, subsequently, FIG. As shown in ()), the newly recorded area 15 is reproduced. The image data reproduced by the HDD 3 is supplied to the decoder (DEC) 6 shown in FIG. 1 and demodulated to the original video signal, and then supplied to the television monitor 7 and displayed on the screen.

Here, the reproduction position PB of the HDD 3 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (B), (C), (D) and (E), it is always at a position delayed from the recording position REC and the HDD
3, the recorded image data is reproduced, so that the trick play by the random access intended by the user can be performed within a range where the HDD 3 precedes the writing from the beginning of the program program. By this trick play, the recording position REC and the reproduction position P indicated by x in FIG.
B, but the recording position R is greater than the reproduction position PB.
The relationship that EC is at the preceding position is described in FIG.
It does not change except in the case of.

VCR4 until the end of the desired program
After the reproduction by the HDD 3 and the writing of the reproduced image data to the HDD 3 are completed, when the reproduction of the HDD 3 is completed,
Automatically or based on the selection screen, by the user's selection,
The image data newly recorded in the HDD 3 is erased while leaving the cue recording area 11a. With this, HD
The remaining recording capacity of D3 can always be maximized.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, VC
The compressed and encoded image data of the desired program program to be reproduced by R4 is also supplied to the HDD 3 and recorded,
Since the DD3 is read out and the above-mentioned image data is displayed on the television monitor 7, the user's intention is set within the range in which the VCR 4 has previously written from the beginning of the program program, which was not possible in the past. A noiseless trick play image by random access can be viewed.

By the way, the video data reproduced by the VCR 4
It is sufficient that the HDD 3 has a capacity capable of recording all of the image data of the program program desired to be reproduced, which is recorded in the D3, but if there is no capacity, as shown in FIG. After recording to the end of
Going back to the recording start position 13 of the reproduced image data of CR4,
By overwriting the image data in the image data recording area where the reproduction has been completed, the recording on the HDD 3 and the reproduction of the image data from the HDD 3 are continued. Reference numeral 17 in FIG. 3F indicates this overwrite recording area.

As described above, by performing recording and reproduction in a so-called ring shape, even when the recording capacity of the HDD 3 is not sufficient, image data of a desired program program can be written to the HDD 3 to the end of the program and reproduced. Images can be read from the HDD 3 and displayed on the television monitor 7. Even in this case, trick play using random access of the HDD 3 can be performed within a range from immediately after the overwrite recording position to the overwrite recording position.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, the recording area 11b may be set as an overwrite area instead of erasing. In addition to the above-mentioned method for identifying the program program name recorded on the magnetic tape, for example, the additional information may be recorded in a semiconductor memory provided on a cassette type magnetic tape mounted on the VCR 4, or Alternatively, the cassette identification ID may be recorded in the above-mentioned semiconductor memory, and may be recorded as a header of the cue recording area 11a in the HDD 3 or in another memory.

Before the image data of a new program program can no longer be recorded on the HDD 3, the VCR 4 automatically or under the control of the user stores one of the recorded image data of any program program under the control of the CPU 5. Although the description has been made so that the recording capacity of the HDD 3 is reduced, it is assumed that the recording capacity of the HDD 3 is reduced. Whether or not the recording information of the program is only the cueing recording area can be selected by the user on the screen.

In the above embodiment, after writing image data to the HDD 3, all the image data
It has been described that the data is written in the CR4, and thereafter, only the cueing recording area is left in the recording area of the HDD 3 and the remaining image data is erasable or overwritable. May be recorded only in the cueing recording area for a predetermined time from the beginning of the image data of the program program. In this case, VCR4 is H
A magnetic tape in which image data of an arbitrary program program in the cueing recording area recorded in the DD3 is recorded in advance.

The recording / reproducing apparatus for recording the image data recorded on the HDD 3 has been described as the VCR 4,
For example, any recording / reproducing device that can record and reproduce image data on a removable recording medium such as an optical disk device or a semiconductor memory device may be used. Further, the video signal input to the input terminal 1 has been described as relating to a video signal of a program program. However, it is needless to say that the video signal can be applied to a video signal from a prerecorded tape other than the program program and all other video sources. is there.

[0044]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the image data of an arbitrary video source that has been searched for and played back is always displayed through the first recording and playback device,
Reproduction using random access of the first recording / reproduction device can be performed. For this reason, the first from the beginning of the cueing recording area
In the recording area where the recording / reproducing apparatus has previously written, further comprising instructing means capable of arbitrarily instructing the reproduction of trick play by random access, without using a switching circuit for reproduced image data and a control circuit therefor. In addition to instantaneous cueing reproduction, a noiseless trick play image can be obtained by random access with respect to image data not recorded in the cueing recording area by the instruction means.

According to the present invention, the image data of an arbitrary video source recorded in the first recording / reproducing apparatus is recorded on the exchangeable recording medium by the second recording / reproducing apparatus, By leaving a recording area for a predetermined time from the beginning of the recording area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus of the video source as a cueing recording area and leaving the remaining recording area of any video source as an erasing or overwriting recording area, Since the maximum recording area of the first recording / reproducing device is ensured, a large amount of image data can be recorded in the recording device of the first recording / reproducing device having a limited recording capacity, and the second recording / reproducing device can be recorded. Instant cue reproduction of image data recorded in the device can also be performed.

Further, according to the present invention, when it is detected that the recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus for recording the reproduced image data has become equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the second recording / reproducing apparatus performs the second recording after the detection point. The reproduced image data input from the recording / reproducing device is
Even if the recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus is insufficient, the recording / reproducing of the image data is continued until the end of the video source by overwriting and recording from the beginning of the reproduced image data recording area from the second recording / reproducing apparatus. Can be the first
In the recording area of the recording / reproducing apparatus, the reproduced image data recording area does not need to be so large, and more cueing recording areas can be formed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of writing and reading image data to and from an HDD during recording of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of writing and reading image data to and from an HDD during reproduction of the apparatus of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Video signal input terminal 2 Encoder 3 Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 Video cassette recorder (VCR) 5 Central processing unit (CPU) 6 Decoder 7 Television monitor 10 HDD3 recording area 11a Cue recording area 11b Erased recording area 11a1 Header area 11a2 Program start recording area

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus which uses a first recording / reproducing apparatus capable of random access and a second recording / reproducing apparatus for performing recording / reproducing on an exchangeable recording medium. Image data of an arbitrary video source is recorded on the exchangeable recording medium to be reproduced by the second recording / reproducing device, and an image of the arbitrary video source is recorded in a recording area of the first recording / reproducing device. The data is recorded from the beginning as a cueing recording area for a predetermined time longer than the maximum time required for cueing reproduction of the second recording / reproducing apparatus, and
During reproduction of the cueing recording area by the recording / reproducing apparatus, the second recording / reproducing apparatus performs cueing of a switching point which is a recording position of the recording medium corresponding to an end position of the cueing area. A first control unit for causing the reproduction to start and then supplying the reproduced image data from the switching point to the first recording / reproducing device; and reproducing the second recording / reproducing device from the second recording / reproducing device by the first control unit. The first recording / reproducing device to record the image data thus recorded in a recording area other than the cueing recording region, and second control means for continuing the reproducing operation by the first recording / reproducing device. A hybrid-type video signal recording / reproducing apparatus, comprising: 2. A hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus using a first recording / reproducing apparatus which can be randomly accessed and a second recording / reproducing apparatus which performs recording / reproducing on a replaceable recording medium. Reproducing the image data of an arbitrary video source recorded in the first recording / reproducing device and supplying the reproduced image data to the second recording / reproducing device, wherein the image data of the arbitrary video source is reproduced by the second recording / reproducing device; Is recorded on the exchangeable recording medium, and from the beginning of the recording area of the arbitrary video source,
A recording area for a predetermined time longer than the maximum time required for cueing reproduction of the second recording / reproducing apparatus is left as a cueing recording area, and a remaining recording area of the arbitrary video source is set as an erasing or overwriting recording area. First control means, and recording of the recording medium corresponding to the end position of the cue area by the second recording / reproducing apparatus while the cue recording area is being reproduced by the first recording / reproducing apparatus. A second control unit for causing a switching point, which is a position, to be located and then starting playback, and for supplying playback image data from the switching point to the first recording and playback device; and a second control unit. The image data reproduced from the second recording / reproducing apparatus is recorded in a recording area other than the cue recording area by the first recording / reproducing apparatus, and the reproduction operation is performed by the first recording / reproducing apparatus. Hybrid video signal recording and reproducing apparatus characterized by a third control means to continue. 3. The third control means allows the first recording / reproducing device to reproduce recorded image data in the recording area and record reproduced image data from the second recording / reproducing device. If it is detected that the recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus for recording the reproduced image data has become equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the second recording / reproducing is performed after the detection. 3. The hybrid video signal recording according to claim 2, further comprising overwriting recording means for overwriting recording of reproduction image data input from the apparatus from the head of a reproduction image data recording area from the second recording and reproduction apparatus. Playback device. 4. The first control means records additional information including a video source name of the video source as a header at a head of the cueing recording area by the first recording / reproducing device, and 3. The hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein additional information including the video source name is also recorded in the image data of the video source recorded on the recording medium by the recording / reproducing apparatus. . 5. A selection input means for enabling a selection input of whether or not to perform a control operation by the first control means every time image data of a video source is recorded in the first recording / reproducing apparatus. 3. The hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, comprising: 6. When detecting that a recordable area of the first recording / reproducing apparatus has become equal to or less than a predetermined value, the first recording / reproducing apparatus performs the first recording / reproduction.
3. The hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising fourth control means for operating said control means. 7. Instruction means for arbitrarily instructing reproduction of trick play by random access in a recording area from a head of the cueing recording area to a position where the first recording / reproducing apparatus has previously written. The hybrid video signal recording / reproducing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: