Apparatus for recording a video signal having programs and control data

Claim 1

A video signal recording apparatus supplied with at least one video signal having vertical blanking intervals and constituting a plurality of programs, and with information data relating to the contents of the respective programs, comprising: first time code generating means for generating first time code data including bits in which a material code indicative of an attribute of a respective one of said programs is formed, said attribute being selected from a group consisting of a title and a sponsor of said respective one of said programs; inserting means receiving said video signal and said first time code data for providing an output signal in which said first time code data are inserted into a predetermined period in at least a selected one of said vertical blanking intervals of said video signal; second time code generating means for generating second time code data including bits in which stop control data are formed; and recording means for recording said output signal of said inserting means on a video track of a master recording medium and for recording said second time code data on a longitudinal track of said master recording medium such that said stop control data are positioned on the longitudinal track in a predetermined relation to a location on said video track in which said material code is recorded by the recording means such that, when said stop control data are read during a reproducing operation said attribute is reliably displayed.