Method and apparatus for creating an enhanced photo digital video disc
First Claim
1. A method for creating and using an enhanced photo digital video disc (DVD), comprising:
- retrieving photo and/or movie files from a connected source, the connected source includes any of;
a digital camera, a computing device, or a memory device;
storing the photo and/or movie files on a storage device;
in response to user input, creating a slide show from the stored photo and/or movie files;
creating a digital stream of the slide show;
creating an index table for the digital stream, entries in the index table point to specific frames within the digital stream, the index table creating step selects the specific frames at defined intervals;
writing the digital stream onto a DVD according to a DVD standard; and
writing the index table onto the DVD.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating an enhanced photo digital video disc (DVD) communicates with connected sources such as a digital camera, PC, or memory card where information such as digital photo, movie and music files are downloaded, as selected by the user, and stored on a storage device. The user creates slide shows of photos stored on the storage device that show each photo and/or movie in sequence or with transition special effects between photos. The invention extracts photo metadata from the photo image file and stores the information on the storage device along with the photos and Includes any audio annotation(s) associated with the downloaded photos and downloaded audio files that the user can attach to a photo in the slide show. When the user wants to save slide show(s) to a DVD the invention constructs an MPEG stream containing the photos, movies, and audio annotations. Photo metadata are encoded onto the DVD as closed captioning and/or subpictures, selectable for display at viewing time. The invention creates index tables for each slide show MPEG stream on the DVD that point to key locations in an MPEG program stream. Metadata for slide shows can also be stored onto a DVD that allow the user to add more detailed notes as to the description of a particular slide show.
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1. A method for creating and using an enhanced photo digital video disc (DVD), comprising:
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retrieving photo and/or movie files from a connected source, the connected source includes any of;
a digital camera, a computing device, or a memory device;storing the photo and/or movie files on a storage device; in response to user input, creating a slide show from the stored photo and/or movie files; creating a digital stream of the slide show; creating an index table for the digital stream, entries in the index table point to specific frames within the digital stream, the index table creating step selects the specific frames at defined intervals; writing the digital stream onto a DVD according to a DVD standard; and writing the index table onto the DVD. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for creating and using an enhanced photo digital video disc (DVD), comprising:
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a subsystem that retrieves photo and/or movie files from a connected source, the connected source includes any of;
a digital camera, a computing device, or a memory device;a subsystem that stores the photo and/or movie files on a storage device; a subsystem that, in response to user input, creates a slide show from the stored photo and/or movie files; a subsystem that creates a digital stream of the slide show; a subsystem that creates an index table for the digital stream, entries in the index table point to specific frames within the digital stream, the index creating subsystem selects the specific frames at defined intervals; a subsystem that writes the digital stream onto a DVD according to a DVD standard; and a subsystem that writes the index table onto the DVD. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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