One-step recording apparatus for portable media players

Details One-step recording apparatus for portable media players One-step recording apparatus for portable media players

2006-04-10

2011-11-29

Tran, Thai (Department: 2484)

Motion video signal processing for recording or reproducing

With interface between recording/reproducing device and at...

Format conversion

C386S200000, C386S231000, C386S239000, C386S326000, C386S328000, C709S231000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08068716

ABSTRACT:
A recording apparatus for recording audio-visual (A/V) contents directly from an A/V input source to a portable media player (PMP) is disclosed. The recorded A/V contents can be played back by the portable media player immediately upon stopping the recording. The recording apparatus does not involve the use of any intermediate computing or storage device other than the portable media player and the recording apparatus itself. The A/V contents for recording may come in the form of analog/digital signals or as digital data in compressed or uncompressed form from transmission and/or storage devices. Depending upon the nature of the input, the recording apparatus digitizes, encodes and/or transcodes the A/V contents and stores the processed A/V contents directly into the portable media player in playback ready format. The recording apparatus includes a one-button control interface for starting and stopping the recording of A/V contents to the portable media player. By clicking the button once, the process of recording the A/V contents into the portable media player is initiated. Optionally, elaborate control of the A/V recording parameters can be achieved through a configuration file. The type of encoders/decoders, bit-rates, duration of recording and other parameters can be set in the configuration file. The configuration file is stored in the portable media player or any other connected storage device. The recording apparatus provides both manual and automatic update mechanisms for play lists in the portable media player. In addition, the recording apparatus may also record and store A/V contents to storage devices other than a portable media player.

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