JP2002133763A - Dubbing control device and dubbing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dubbing system capable of automatically writing the album information of a CD(compact disk) on an MD(micro disk). SOLUTION: This dubbing system comprises a CD/MD recorder 1, a database server 3 on which the album information of many CDs is registered, and a personal computer 2. The personal computer 2 instructs the reading of TOC data to the CD/MD recorder 1 at the dubbing from the CD to the MD and transmits the read TOC data to the database server 3. The database server 3 acquires the album information of the CD by the retrieval based on the received TOC data and transmits it to the personal computer 2. The personal computer 2 extracts a disk name and a track name from the received album information and transmits them to the CD/MD recorder 1. The CD/MD recorder 1 records the received disk name and the track name on the MD.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dubbing control device for dubbing a plurality of music data recorded on a reproducing disc such as a CD (compact disc) to a recording disc such as an MD (mini disc). And a dubbing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a component type audio apparatus in which a CD player and an MD player are integrated,
Music data can be dubbed from a read-only CD to a recording MD, and such a dubbing function has been enhanced and enhanced.

On the recording MD, a user can freely write a disc name and a track name. After dubbing a plurality of music data recorded on a CD to the MD, the user can copy the music data to the MD. The original CD album information (artist name, disc name, and track name) is written as the MD disc name and track name.

[0004]

However, conventionally, writing of album information to the MD has been performed manually by a user operating a key, and there has been a problem that this key input operation is extremely complicated. . SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a dubbing control device and a dubbing system that can automatically write album information of a reproducing disc to a recording disc when dubbing from a reproducing disc to a recording disc.

[0005]

A dubbing system according to the present invention comprises a recording / reproducing apparatus for dubbing a plurality of music data recorded on a reproducing disc to a recording disc, and a plurality of reproducing discs. And a database server in which various information about each playback disc is registered, and information registered in the database server when dubbing from the playback disc to the recording disc by being connected to the recording / playback apparatus and the database server. A dubbing control device for writing to a recording disk.

For example, when a CD is adopted as a reproducing disk and an MD is adopted as a recording disk, a CD / MD recorder can be used as a recording / reproducing device. A personal computer can be used as the dubbing control device.

As the database server, for example, an existing database server provided on the Internet can be used. In this database server, a user can upload CD album information. This will build a database for a very large number of CDs. In the database, for each CD, the TOC data of the CD (number of songs, start time and end time of each song, etc.)
And album information (artist name, disc name, track name) of the CD.

The dubbing control device issues a command to the recording / reproducing device to read the address information of the music data of each music recorded on the reproducing disk at the time of dubbing from the reproducing disk to the recording disk. First
Control means, second control means for receiving the address information read by the recording / reproducing device and transmitting the address information to the database server, and issuing a command to execute a search based on the address information to the database; The album information obtained by the search is received, the disc name information and the track name information are extracted from the album information and transmitted to the recording / reproducing device, and the disc name information and the track name information are recorded to the recording / reproducing device for recording. Third control means for issuing a command to be recorded on the disc.

In the above-mentioned dubbing system, the dubbing control device provides the recording / reproducing device with the address information of the music data of each music recorded on the reproducing disc (for example, when dubbing from the reproducing disc to the recording disc). A command to read the start time and the end time in the TOC data is issued, and the read address information is received and transmitted to the database server. The database server performs a search based on the received address information, acquires album information of the reproduction disc from the registered data, and transmits the acquired album information to the dubbing control device. The dubbing control device extracts the disc name information and the track name information from the received album information, and transmits them to the recording / reproducing device. At this time, data included in the album information is converted into data conforming to the format of the recording disk, and disk name information and track name information are generated. The recording / reproducing apparatus records the received disc name information and track name information on a recording disc.

[0010]

According to the dubbing apparatus and the dubbing system of the present invention, when dubbing from a reproducing disc to a recording disc, the disc name of the reproducing disc and the track name of each music are automatically recorded on the recording disc. Since writing can be performed, conventional manual key input is not required.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a dubbing system using a CD / MD recorder will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the dubbing system according to the present invention provides a CD / MD for dubbing a plurality of music data recorded on a CD to an MD.
Recorder (1) and database server in which album information for each CD is registered for a large number of CDs
(3) and album information (artist name, disc name, and track name) of the CD during dubbing from the CD to the MD
And a personal computer (2) for writing as a MD disk name and track name (song name). The CD / MD recorder (1) and the personal computer (2) are connected to each other by a dedicated communication cable (4). The personal computer (2) and the database server (3) are connected to each other via the Internet (5). As will be described later, an application program for realizing the present invention is incorporated in the personal computer (2).

As the database server (3), a database server of CDDB, USA is used.
In the database server (3), the user can upload the album information of the CDs, whereby the TOC data (the start time and the end time of each song) of each CD can be obtained for a very large number of CDs. And album information (artist name, disc name, track name).

FIG. 3 shows a procedure executed by the personal computer (2) when dubbing from a CD to an MD. When the application of the personal computer (2) is started, first, in step S1, a control command for checking the recording / playback preparation state and returning the result to the CD / MD recorder is issued to the CD / MD recorder. In response, the CD / MD recorder checks whether the CD and MD are set, and returns the result to the personal computer. Thereby, the personal computer determines whether or not the preparation for dubbing is completed. If the determination is yes, the personal computer shifts to step S2 and waits for a dubbing instruction from the user.

Thereafter, when the user gives a dubbing instruction from the application of the personal computer, in step S3 the personal computer reads the CD / M
Read the TOC data of the CD to the D recorder,
Issues a control command to be returned. In response, CD
/ MD recorder is the TOC of the CD to be dubbed
Read the data and reply to the personal computer.

The personal computer performs step S4.
Receives the TOC data and displays the CD track list shown in FIG. 5A on the display based on the data. Subsequently, in step S5 in FIG. 3, the personal computer determines whether the user has issued an instruction to search for album information. If the determination is no, the process proceeds to step S6, where the CD / MD recorder is operated. Is instructed to copy from the CD to the MD. And
In step S7, it is determined whether dubbing has been completed. If the determination is affirmative, the procedure is terminated.

On the other hand, if the answer is affirmative in step S5, the process proceeds to step S8, where the TOC data received from the CD / MD recorder is transmitted to the database server to request album information for the CD. Issue a control command. The database server searches registered data in the database based on the received TOC data, and when album information matching the TOC data is registered, transmits the album information to the personal computer.

The personal computer performs step S9.
, The album information of the CD is received, and in step S10, the artist name, disc name, and track name of each song are extracted from the album information. Subsequently, in step S11, the personal computer
Data conversion is performed to adapt the extracted artist name, disc name, and track name of each song to the format of the recording MD.

That is, since the character codes that can be recorded on the recording MD are limited by the MD standard, non-standard character codes are added to the artist name, disc name, and track name of each song extracted from the album information. Is used, data conversion is performed to delete nonstandard characters as shown in FIG. Since the recording MD does not have an area for recording the artist name, FIG.
As shown in (b), the artist name and the disc name are combined into one and data conversion is performed as a disc name. As a result, the disc name is displayed on the display of the personal computer as shown in FIG. Here, when album information of a plurality of CDs has been obtained by the search, a plurality of disc names are displayed.

Thereafter, the personal computer operates as shown in FIG.
In step S12, it is determined whether one disk name has been selected by the user. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S13, where C shown in FIG.
Album information of the selected CD in the D track list
(Disk name) is reflected.

Next, in step S14, the personal computer sends the CD / MD recorder
A control command for instructing dubbing to D is issued. In response, the CD / MD recorder reproduces music data from the CD, records the music data on the MD,
When all the songs are recorded on the MD, a dubbing completion notification is issued to the personal computer.

The personal computer executes step S1
In step 5, it is determined whether or not dubbing has been completed based on the notification from the CD / MD recorder. If the determination is affirmative, the process shifts to step S16 to change the disc name and track name after data conversion to CD / MD. The information is transmitted to the MD recorder and the CD /
Issues a control command to the MD recorder. The CD / MD recorder receives the disc name and the track name, and writes these information in a predetermined area of the MD. As a result, the dubbing process of the present invention is completed.

As described above, according to the dubbing system of the present invention, at the time of dubbing from a CD to an MD, together with recording of music data of a plurality of songs, album information of the CD is recorded.
(Artist name, disc name, and track name of each song)
Can be automatically written to the MD as the disc name of the MD and the track name of each song, so that a complicated key input operation as in the related art is unnecessary.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a device configuration of a dubbing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating data conversion performed in dubbing processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a first half of a dubbing process of the present invention executed by a personal computer.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a latter half of the above process.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed by a personal computer in the dubbing process of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) CD / MD recorder (2) Personal computer (3) Database server (4) Communication cable (5) Internet

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A recording / reproducing apparatus for dubbing music data of a plurality of songs recorded on a reproducing disc to a recording disc, and a plurality of reproducing discs, A dubbing control device connected to a database server in which various information is registered and for writing information registered in the database server to the recording disc when dubbing from the playback disc to the recording disc; When dubbing from a disc to a recording disc,
First control means for issuing a command to the recording / reproducing apparatus to read the address information of the music data of each music recorded on the reproducing disc, and receiving the address information read by the recording / reproducing apparatus, And the second control means for issuing a command to the database to execute a search based on the address information, receiving the album information obtained by the search in the database server, and disc name information and Third control means for extracting the track name information, transmitting the track name information to the recording / reproducing apparatus, and issuing a command to the recording / reproducing apparatus to record the disc name information and the track name information on the recording disk. Features a dubbing control device. 2. When extracting disc name information and track name information from album information obtained from a database server, a third control means converts data included in the album information into data conforming to a recording disc format. And data conversion means for generating disc name information and track name information.
3. A dubbing control device according to claim 1. 3. A recording / reproducing apparatus for dubbing a plurality of music data recorded on a reproducing disc to a recording disc, and various information about each reproducing disc for a large number of reproducing discs are registered. And a dubbing control device connected to the recording / reproducing device and the database server for writing information registered in the database server to the recording disc when dubbing from the reproducing disc to the recording disc. The dubbing control device should read the address information of the music data of each music recorded on the playback disc when the dubbing is performed from the playback disc to the recording disc. Command, and receives the address information read by Database server, performs a search based on the received address information, obtains the album information of the playback disc from the registration data, transmits the obtained album information to the dubbing control device, Extracting disc name information and track name information from the received album information and transmitting the extracted disc name information and track name information to a recording / reproducing apparatus, wherein the recording / reproducing apparatus records the received disc name information and track name information on a recording disc. Dubbing system. 4. The dubbing system according to claim 3, wherein the dubbing control device is connected to the recording / reproducing device via a communication cable and is connected to a database server via the Internet. 5. The dubbing system according to claim 3, wherein the reproduction disk is a reproduction-only optical disk, and the recording disk is a rewritable magneto-optical disk. 6. The address information of the reproduction disk is TOC.
The dubbing system according to any one of claims 3 to 5, which is data.