A synchronizing signal detector for a magnetic recording/reproducing apparatus includes a first comparator for comparing a given synchronizing signal pattern with externally input data in a certain bit unit and outputting the number of the same bits in each of comparison unit, a dete
A video signal recording and reproducing apparatus for a digital video cassette tape recorder by which it is possible to judge the transmission amount of the digital data inputted from a digital source, the type of the video tape, and whether or not the tape is recorded in accordance wit
A method of writing and searching index data for a DVCR is disclosed. The method of writing index data for a DVCR includes the steps of writing a program number and performing a program writing at a position of a program start mark of a current program if a program writing command is inp
An improved video signal recording and reproducing apparatus for a digital video cassette tape recorder by which it is possible to divide, record and reproduce a digital video signal on a low density video tape into multiple tracks based on the amount of data recordable on one track of a
