Media editing system with adjustable source material compression
First Claim
1. Media editing system for editing source material comprising:
- digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material;
computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material;
mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material and the audio source material; and
output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material.
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Abstract
A media editing system for editing source material comprising digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material. The editing system also includes computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus. The compression apparatus compresses the images from the video source material. The computing apparatus determines if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and provides an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage. The compression apparatus is responsive to this indication to adjust its level of compression. The computing apparatus is also for manipulating the stored source material. The editing system further comprises a mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material and the audio source material, and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus to display the manipulated source material. In another general aspect, a data buffer that compensates for differences in data rates, between a storage device and an image compression processor, and a method and apparatus for the real time indexing of frames in a video data sequence.
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19 Claims
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1. Media editing system for editing source material comprising:
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digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material; mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material and the audio source material; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of editing video source material comprising:
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digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material, compressing at least a first of the images digitized in the step of digitizing according to a first level of compression, determining whether at least the first image occupies more than a target amount of storage after it is compressed in the step of compressing, continuing to compress the video source material digitized in the step of digitizing according to a second level of compression, in response to a determination that the first image occupies more than the target amount of storage in the step of determining, wherein the second level of compression is different from the first level of compression, and decompressing the video source material compressed in the steps of compressing and continuing to compress. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Video processing apparatus for use with a media editing system for manipulating video and audio source material, which system includes mass storage and an output apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material, the video processing apparatus comprising:
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an input for receiving digitized video source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the input, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression; and an output for providing the compressed video source material to the mass storage. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Media editing system for editing source material comprising:
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digitizing apparatus for receiving and digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images, each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material; computing apparatus including compression apparatus responsive to the digitizing apparatus, the compression apparatus being for compressing the images from the video source material, wherein the computing apparatus is for determining if at least one of the compressed images occupies more than a target amount of storage and providing an indication if the at least one of the compressed images does occupy more than the target amount of storage, wherein the compression apparatus is responsive to the indication to adjust its level of compression, wherein the computing apparatus is also responsive to the indication to store compression level information regarding each adjustment in the level of compression, the computing apparatus further being for manipulating the stored source material; mass storage responsive to the computing apparatus to receive the compressed video source material, the audio source material, and the information regarding each adjustment; and output apparatus communicating with the computing apparatus for displaying the manipulated source material. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of editing video source material comprising:
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digitizing video and audio source material, the video source material including a sequence of images each spanning both the horizontal and vertical display axes of the video source material, compressing at least a first of the images digitized in the step of digitizing according to a first level of compression, determining whether at least the first image occupies more than a target amount of storage after it is compressed in the step of compressing, continuing to compress the video source material digitized in the step of digitizing according to a second level of compression, in response to a determination that the first image occupies more than the target amount of storage in the step of determining, wherein the second level of compression is different from the first level of compression, and decompressing the video source material, compressed in the steps of compressing and continuing to compress, according to compression level information stored in response to the step of determining. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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