Recording apparatus for use with a range of portable media players
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating transfer of audio/visual (A/V) data, the system comprising:
- an A/V input source configured to provide the A/V data;
a portable media player; and
a recording apparatus coupled between the A/V input source and the portable media player and configured to record the A/V data from the A/V input source to the portable media player in a format that is compatible with the portable media player.
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Abstract
A system and method of recording audio-visual (A/V) contents directly to a variety of portable media players (PMPs). The recorded contents can be played back by the portable media players immediately without further format conversions. To facilitate immediate playback of the recorded contents, the recording apparatus contains an identification device configured to automatically identify types of portable media players connected to an exemplary recording device that stores the A/V contents. Once the type of portable media player is identified, the recording device automatically generates compressed bit stream in a format that is compatible with the portable media player. Depending upon the nature of the input, the recording apparatus digitizes, encodes and/or transcodes the A/V contents and stores directly into the portable media player'"'"'s local storage in playback ready format.
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36 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating transfer of audio/visual (A/V) data, the system comprising:
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an A/V input source configured to provide the A/V data; a portable media player; and a recording apparatus coupled between the A/V input source and the portable media player and configured to record the A/V data from the A/V input source to the portable media player in a format that is compatible with the portable media player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus for facilitating recording and transfer of audio/visual (A/V) data, the apparatus comprising:
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an input module configured to receive the A/V data from an A/V input source; a converter module configured to convert the received A/V data to a desired format; an output module configured to transfer the A/V data in the desired format to a portable media player for playback and/or storage; and a user interface module configured to receive one or more commands from a user; a detection module configured to automatically identify a portable media player or a mass storage device; and a configuration module configured to control the input module, the converter module and the output module to effect the conversion of the received A/V data to the desired format and transfer the A/V data in the desired format to the portable media player;
wherein the desired format is selected from a plurality of formats. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An audio visual (A/V) recording apparatus for using a range of media players that automatically detects and identifies a media player coupled to the recording apparatus and generates a suitable output bit stream in a format compatible with the identified media player.
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