Video signal processor, video signal recorder, video signal reproducer, video signal processor processing method, video signal recorder processing method, video signal reproducer processing method, recording medium

摘要

A video signal processing apparatus capable of flexibly handling metadata having various notation formats is provided. The video signal processing apparatus has metadata notation format identification block for identifying a metadata notation format written in a predetermined language; a conversion table selection block for selecting a conversion table corresponding to the identified metadata notation format from among one or more conversion tables prepared in advance; a metadata notation format conversion block for converting the metadata notation format into a notation format compatible with the video signal processing apparatus on the basis of the selected conversion table; and a metadata application processing block for controlling the processing associated with video signals on the basis of the metadata whose notation format has been converted.