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Abstract

A method of recording and reproducing a digital video signal, the method comprising recording the video signal in oblique tracks on a magnetic tape using a four-head digital video tape recorder, the four heads being arranged in two head pairs disposed on diametrically opposite sides of a rotary head drum, and the video data relating to each field being distributed evenly between the four heads for recording, each oblique track comprising two half-tracks separated by a central gap in which audio data may be recorded, and each field occupying a plurality of successively recorded pairs of half-tracks with each field boundary located at a central gap, and reproducing the video signal at a speed different from the normal reproduction speed using dynamic tracking by successively reproducing two half-tracks from the first part of a first pair of adjacent oblique tracks, then jumping to reproduce two half-tracks from the second part of a second pair of adjacent oblique tracks adjacent to the first pair and so on until all the data of one field has been reproduced, and then jumping to another field.

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