Program recording device and method of recording program

A program recording device compresses data of program recorded in a hard disk, at a user's desirable timing in a user's desirable compression level. A recording unit records data of a program, and a re-compression scheduler includes a compression setting table having a re-compression condi...

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Main Authors Yamato, Jun-Ichi, Kenmochi, Akihisa
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 14.08.2007
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Summary:A program recording device compresses data of program recorded in a hard disk, at a user's desirable timing in a user's desirable compression level. A recording unit records data of a program, and a re-compression scheduler includes a compression setting table having a re-compression condition and an encoding method used in a compressing process. The re-compression condition and the encoding method are, in advance, established for each compressing timing. Then the scheduler is activated in a predetermined interval and selects a program satisfying the re-compression condition among programs recorded by the recording unit . The re-compressing unit compresses data of the selected program.