Abstract: A high-speed search apparatus for use with a video disk player, which is adapted to retrieve any position where desired information is recorded while moving an information reading point at high speed in a radial direction of a video disk. This apparatus is characterized by counting pulses generated in proportion to the rotation of a movable member such as a rotary knob, etc., determining the amount of displacement of the information reading point, on the basis of the thus-counted value, and then displacing at high speed the information reading points by said amount of displacement.

Abstract: A video signal recording/reproducing method comprises the steps of, before recording and reproducing of a video signal, reading out defective portion information from a recording medium information record area of a recording medium and storing the information, followed by recording and reproducing steps. The recording method includes the steps of writing the video signal into a normal record area of the recording medium, when the writing position reaches a position corresponding to the defective portion information, writing a predetermined unit of video signal into a memory and, after completion of recording of the video signal into the normal record area, reading out the video signal from the memory and writing the same video signal into a substitute record area of the recording medium.