Video processing system
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1. A method for producing a video disc comprising;
- acquiring video data from a source;
if the video data is not digitized, then digitizing the video data;
generating one or more scene indexes for the video data including a representative still image for each scene; and
combining the video data and one or more scene indexes along with a media player on a video disc, the media player being a software application that is operable to play the video data in accordance with the scene indexes including playing a scene from the video data on a client computer while displaying the representative stills for other of the scenes available for display on the video disc.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for producing video content. The method includes acquiring video data from a source. If the video data is not digitized, then the video data is digitized. The method includes generating scene indexes for the video data including a representative still image for each scene and combining the video data and scene indexes along with a media player on a video disc. The video player is operable to play the video data in accordance with the scene indexes including playing a scene from the video data on a client computer while displaying the representative stills for other of the scenes available for display on the video disc.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for producing a video disc comprising;
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acquiring video data from a source; if the video data is not digitized, then digitizing the video data; generating one or more scene indexes for the video data including a representative still image for each scene; and combining the video data and one or more scene indexes along with a media player on a video disc, the media player being a software application that is operable to play the video data in accordance with the scene indexes including playing a scene from the video data on a client computer while displaying the representative stills for other of the scenes available for display on the video disc.
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2. A method for producing a video based product comprising:
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receiving video data; generating one or more temporal indices, the one or more temporal indices indicating a division of the video data into distinct segments; providing a media player, being a software application that is operable to play the video data on a client computer in accordance with the one or more temporal indices; and packaging the video data, the one or more temporal indices and media player on a physical medium for delivery to the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 15, 16)
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6. A method for producing a video based product comprising:
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receiving video data; performing a voice recognition analysis of the video data and generating one or more temporal indices based on the voice recognition analysis, the one or more temporal indices indicating a division of the video data into distinct segments; providing a media player, being a software application that is operable to play the video data on a client computer in accordance with the one or more temporal indices; and packaging the video data, the one or more temporal indices and the media player on a physical medium for delivery to the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A method for producing a video based product comprising:
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acquiring video data; generating one or more temporal indices, the one or more temporal indices indicating a division of the video data into distinct segments; providing a media player, being a software application that is operable to play the video data on a client computer in accordance with the one or more temporal indices; packaging the video data, the one or more temporal indices and the media player on a physical medium for delivery to the client computer; and providing a media editor operable to generate one or more edit lists, each edit list defining a set of operations to be performed on the video data. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising;
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acquiring video data from a source; if the video data is not digitized, then digitizing the video data; generating one or more scene indexes for the video data including a representative still image for one or more scenes; and combining the video data and one or more scene indexes along with a media player on a physical media adapted to store digitized content, the media player being a software application that is operable to play the video data in accordance with the scene indexes. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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17. A method for producing a video based product comprising:
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acquiring video data originating from a user; acquiring one or more temporal indices and one or more representative stills, where the one or more temporal indices indicate a division of the video data into distinct segments and the one or more representative stills each represent a distinct segment of the video data; and packaging the video data, the one or more temporal indices, the one or more representative stills and a media player on a physical medium for delivery to the user at a client computer, where the media player is a software application that is operable to play the video data on the client computer in accordance with the temporal indices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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