Extraction of audio/visual segment from digital versatile disk content
First Claim
1. A method of creating a selected segment of DVD formatted audio/visual data capable of being played on a DVD player from playable source DVD data, the playable source DVD data including audio/visual (A/V) content data and DVD formatting data for the content data, the A/V content data of the source DVD data formed by blocks of data, the method comprising:
- instructing a user to (i) display a start frame using one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back and (ii) identify the frame being displayed as the start frame by pressing a predetermine key;
instructing the user to (i) display a stop frame using the one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back and (ii) identify the frame being displayed as the stop frame by pressing the predetermine key;
selecting a start point and a stop point within the source DVD data, based on the start frame and the stop frame identified by the user, to establish the extent of the selected segment as less than all of the source DVD data;
identifying blocks of data within the source DVD data as constituting the A/V content data of the selected segment;
copying the identified blocks of data;
determining DVD formatting data for the identified blocks of data; and
assembling (i) the identified blocks of data and (ii) the DVD formatting data determined for the identified blocks of data such that the assembled data can be played by a DVD player.
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Abstract
A segment of audio/visual (A/V) content is extracted from the overall DVD content of a DVD program or disk. A DVD player with A/V segment extraction functionality receives commands from a user that identify start and stop points in the DVD content for the desired A/V segment and that specify each of the available DVD options or features which may be included in the extracted A/V segment. Relevant blocks of data within the DVD data structure of the DVD content are identified and new DVD-standard information for assembling a new complete DVD data structure containing only the extracted A/V segment and the available DVD options and features and additional non-DVD-standard information that can be played back on a conventional DVD player are added. The complete DVD data structure is assembled and either stored locally or sent to a remote destination device for remote playback, re-editing or other use.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of creating a selected segment of DVD formatted audio/visual data capable of being played on a DVD player from playable source DVD data, the playable source DVD data including audio/visual (A/V) content data and DVD formatting data for the content data, the A/V content data of the source DVD data formed by blocks of data, the method comprising:
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instructing a user to (i) display a start frame using one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back and (ii) identify the frame being displayed as the start frame by pressing a predetermine key; instructing the user to (i) display a stop frame using the one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back and (ii) identify the frame being displayed as the stop frame by pressing the predetermine key; selecting a start point and a stop point within the source DVD data, based on the start frame and the stop frame identified by the user, to establish the extent of the selected segment as less than all of the source DVD data; identifying blocks of data within the source DVD data as constituting the A/V content data of the selected segment; copying the identified blocks of data; determining DVD formatting data for the identified blocks of data; and assembling (i) the identified blocks of data and (ii) the DVD formatting data determined for the identified blocks of data such that the assembled data can be played by a DVD player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A DVD device which interacts with a media containing a first DVD data structure capable of being played back by a conventional DVD player and which includes a desired segment of DVD content, comprising:
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a DVD drive receptive of the media; a DVD decoder connected to the DVD drive; a controller connected to the DVD drive and the DVD decoder and operative to control the DVD drive to supply signals from the media and to control the DVD decoder to assemble the first DVD data structure from the signals supplied by the DVD drive, wherein the controller is further operative (i) to instruct a user to display a start frame using one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back, (ii) to identify the frame being displayed as the start frame in response to the user pressing a predetermine key, (iii) to instruct the user to display a stop frame using the one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back, (iv) to identify the frame being displayed as the stop frame in response to the user pressing the predetermine key, (v) to identify the desired segment from the first DVD data structure based on the start frame and the stop frame identified by the user while said first DVD data structure is played back, (vi) to control the DVD decoder to read the desired segment from the DVD content of the first DVD data structure, and (vii) to assemble the desired segment into a second DVD data structure such that the desired segment can be played back by a conventional DVD player. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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