Method and apparatus for digitally recording and reproducing data recorded in the vertical blanking period of video signal

摘要

A video signal recording apparatus digitally records on a storage medium a video signal comprising an image signal, an audio signal, and an audio-associated information signal, the audio-associated information signal is included in a vertical blanking period of the video signal, the audio-associated information is collected, formatted, and digitally recorded in an area separate from areas where the image signal and audio signal are recorded.