Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling digital video recording where parameters related to encoding video frames that are being currently encoded are stored when a pause command is received during recording and the method and apparatus continually record, based on the stored parameters, when the pause command stops, and a camcorder including the pause function. The method includes: receiving a pause command; storing parameters related to encoding video frames that are presently being encoded in a memory, and then stop encoding video frames that are input after the parameters are stored in the memory; and encoding video frames that are input after receiving a pause release command using parameter information related to encoding when the pause release command is received. Thus, video recording efficiency can be improved by having the pause function.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling digital video recording where parameters related to encoding video frames that are being currently encoded are stored when a pause command is received during recording and the method and apparatus continually record, based on the stored parameters, when the pause command stops, and a camcorder including the pause function. The method includes: receiving a pause command; storing parameters related to encoding video frames that are presently being encoded in a memory, and then stop encoding video frames that are input after the parameters are stored in the memory; and encoding video frames that are input after receiving a pause release command using parameter information related to encoding when the pause release command is received. Thus, video recording efficiency can be improved by having the pause function.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for compressing a header and multiplexing a packet in an IP-based network environment without adopting PPP tunneling are provided. The apparatus and the method compress a UDP header and an RTP header and specify a protocol type indicating that the UDP and RTP headers have been compressed independently of a link layer in an IP header. The apparatus includes a protocol type designator which specifies a protocol type in an IP header included in a packet having a non-compressed header when the packet is received, a header compressor which generates the packet having the IP header, the protocol type of which has been designated as a packet having one of a full header format, a compressed RTP (C_RTP) header format, and a compressed UDP (C_UDP) header format, and a packet multiplexer which multiplexes a packet generated by the header compressor.