System and method for controlling play of multiple dialog audio tracks of a software carrier
First Claim
1. A system for controlling play of the audio tracks of a software carrier, said software carrier having recorded thereon a plurality of datablocks which represent an image program, a plurality of audio tracks synchronized with said image program, and a code for each of said audio tracks identifying its use as either a switching master including music and effect and dialog language, a mixing master containing only music and effects, a track to be switched with a switching master, or a track to be mixed with a mixing master, comprising means for selecting a switching master of predetermined length and a shorter track containing audio segments to be switched with said switching master, or a mixing master of predetermined length and a shorter track containing audio segments to be mixed with said mixing master, and codes in the data blocks that specify to automatically switch between or mix the selected tracks.
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Abstract
A system for playing a selected one of multiple audio tracks recorded in synchronized fashion with a motion picture on an optical disk. The optical disk has encoded on it a mixing master music and effects ("M&E") track, or a switching master M&E track. Individual audio tracks are provided for language-specific versions of the same motion picture, but these tracks have data recorded in them only where there is dialog. In this way, for many a motion picture, all tracks but masters will have data recorded for well less than half of the running time of the motion picture. When a mixing master is used, it is mixed with a language-specific track when the latter has dialog; the mixing master contains no dialog. If a switching master is used, it may contain dialog recorded with the M&E; when a language-specific track has dialog recorded in it, it also contains M&E and the track is played to the exclusion of the switching master.
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- 1. A system for controlling play of the audio tracks of a software carrier, said software carrier having recorded thereon a plurality of datablocks which represent an image program, a plurality of audio tracks synchronized with said image program, and a code for each of said audio tracks identifying its use as either a switching master including music and effect and dialog language, a mixing master containing only music and effects, a track to be switched with a switching master, or a track to be mixed with a mixing master, comprising means for selecting a switching master of predetermined length and a shorter track containing audio segments to be switched with said switching master, or a mixing master of predetermined length and a shorter track containing audio segments to be mixed with said mixing master, and codes in the data blocks that specify to automatically switch between or mix the selected tracks.
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