Abstract: A DVD reproduction apparatus which is connected to the HDMI monitor that displays image information and which outputs the image information to the HDMI monitor, is provided with: the CPU which acquires conditions information indicating display conditions of the HDMI monitor from the HDMI monitor in advance; the information conversion section which converts the image information to be outputted to the HDMI monitor based on the conditions information; and the HDMI sending section which outputs the image information converted by the information conversion section, to the HDMI monitor.

Abstract: To provide an information output apparatus in which even when the output of an isochronous packet containing the audio information or the like is suspended and restarted, the process for the audio information or the like can be quickly resumed and the occurrence of the headless state of the audio information after resumption of the process can be prevented.

Abstract: An information transmitting apparatus (such as player) is provided for transmitting information (audio data, video data, or others) to a plurality of information receiving apparatuses (such as receivers) via a serial bus. The transmitting apparatus has a selection unit to select one or more ones from the plurality of information receiving apparatuses and a transmission path establishing unit to establish a transmission path to the selected information receiving apparatus so that the information is transmitted therethrough. The operations required for transmission of the information can be simplified.

Abstract: An information transmitting apparatus (such as player) is provided for transmitting information (audio data, video data, or others) to a plurality of information receiving apparatuses (such as receivers) via a serial bus. The transmitting apparatus has a determination unit and a control unit. The determination unit is configured to determine whether or not one or more of the plurality of information receiving apparatuses are ready for receiving the information. The control unit is configured to make the information refrain from being transmitted by performing a waiting operation until the one of more information receiving apparatuses become ready for receiving the information in cases where the determination unit determines that the one or more information receiving apparatuses are not ready for receiving the information. The waiting operation allows the information transmitting apparatus to send to the information receiving apparatuses the information without dropping out a head portion of the information.

Abstract: A music reproducing apparatus is provided. The apparatus reproduces music on the basis of music data which includes music information representing music to be reproduced and beat information representing a beat of the music and which is recorded on a recording medium. The music information is divided into a plurality of music information pieces whose time length are equal to each other. The beat information is divided into a plurality of beat information pieces. Each of the beat information pieces includes information for designating one of the music information pieces in which the beat of the music is present.

Abstract: An audio signal processing apparatus performs digital-to-analog conversion to convert at least a first audio data signal having a first sampling frequency and a second audio data signal having a second sampling frequency which is different from the first sampling frequency into corresponding analog audio signals, respectively. The audio signal processing apparatus is provided with: a frequency converting device for converting the second sampling frequency of the second audio data signal into the same sampling frequency as the first sampling frequency; a digital-to-analog converting device for performing digital-to-analog conversion to convert the first audio data signal having the first sampling frequency and the second audio data signal having the converted second sampling frequency which is the same as the first sampling frequency into the analog audio signals, respectively.

Abstract: An audio signal recording apparatus is constructed to record a track number signal which allows the recording of an index number signal indicating a pause portion before a music piece also at the beginning of the recording operation. An audio signal to be recorded is delayed by a predetermined delay time period, to produce a delayed audio signal. Upon starting the recording operation, a muting operation is effected to the delayed audio signal and a resultant signal is recorded on the recording medium during the predetermined muting period after the start of the recording. During this period, a subcode information signal containing the index number signal indicating a number "0" is also recorded on the recording medium.

Abstract: An audio signal recording apparatus is constructed to record a track number signal which allows a sure detection of a head position of a music piece. An audio signal to be recorded is delayed for the recording by a first predetermined time period. A start time of each music piece is detected by a transition from a silent state to a sound bearing state of the audio signal, and a track number signal is incremented at a timing of a second predetermined time period, which is shorter than the first predetermined time period, after a detection of the start time of a music piece, and the track number signal having been incremented.

Abstract: An information recording apparatus such as a CD player successively plays back portions of pieces of information, such as musical information, recorded in respective information storage mediums, such as CDs, over a predetermined period of time in a disc highlight scanning mode, and also successively plays back portions of the pieces of information recorded in any one of the information storage mediums in a track highlight scanning mode. The information recording apparatus has a system controller for selecting one, at a time, of the disc and track highlight scanning modes in response to a signal from a scan key of an input keyboard. Specifically, the system controller selects the disc highlight scanning mode in response to a signal from the scan key, and thereafter selects the track highlight scanning mode in response to another signal from the scan key.

Abstract: An output level controlling apparatus comprises: a signal attenuating device for attenuating the reproduced output level of a reading/recording signal read from a record medium; a signal level deciding device for comparing the reproduced output level of the reading/recording signal to a reference signal level previously set; and an output level correcting device for sending a control signal to the signal attenuating device on the basis of the results of the comparison made by the signal level deciding device so as to attenuate the reproduced output level of the reading/recording signal when a reproduced output level is higher than the signal level of the reference signal and so as to decrease an attenuation amount of the reproduced output signal level of the reading/recording signal when the reproduced output signal level is lower than the signal level of the reference signal wherein the output level correcting device sends the control signal so as to rapidly attenuate the reproduced output level of the readi