Media clip management

• US 8,775,480 B2
• Filed: 05/19/2011
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Carson, Kenneth M., Angquist, Nils, Perkins, Sean C., Yamamoto, Satoshi, Demkin, Andrew S., Pendergast, Colleen, Gornall, Simon J. D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Boccio, Vincent F
• Application Number:
  US13/111,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209815A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: 707/674, 707/803, 707/913, 707/914, 707/915, 707/916, 348/207.1, 386/240, 386/248, 386/290, 715/723, 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/113 Details of archiving lifecycle management in storage systems G06F3/0649; backup systems G06F11/1446
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/00 Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4092 Image resolution transcoding, e.g. by using client-server architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/00 Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/036 Insert-editing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00822 Selecting or setting a particular reading mode, e.g. from amongst a plurality of modes, simplex or duplex, or high or low resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/4172 Progressive encoding, i.e. by decomposition into high and low resolution components
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/40 using video transcoding, i.e. partial or full decoding of a coded input stream followed by re-encoding of the decoded output stream
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/212 Selecting different recording or reproducing modes, e.g. high or low resolution, field or frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/667 Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 25/42 by switching between different modes of operation using different resolutions or aspect ratios, e.g. switching between interlaced and non-interlaced mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/14 Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/913 Multimedia

Abstract

Some embodiments provide a method for editing a composite presentation in a media-editing application. The method receives a media file to import into the media-editing application from an external device. The method creates a set of media clip data structures to represent the media file. At least one of the data structures references the media file on the external device. Before the media file is imported from the external device, the method uses the media clip data structure to edit a composite presentation with the media file. After the media file is imported from the external device, automatically modifying the data structure to refer to a copy of the media file on a local device.

Claims

1. A method for editing a composite presentation in a media-editing application, the composite presentation comprising a plurality of media clips, the method comprising:

receiving an import command to import a media file into the media-editing application from an external device;

upon receipt of the import command, automatically creating a media clip to represent the media file in the media editing application, the media clip comprising a data structure that refers to the media file on the external device;

during the import of the media file from the external device, receiving user input to add the media clip to the composite presentation being edited by the user;

in response to the input, adding the media clip, which comprises the data structure referring to the media file on the external device, to the plurality of media clips in the composite presentation such that the composite presentation refers to the media file on the external device; and

upon completion of the import of the media file from the external device, automatically modifying the reference in the media clip'"'"'s data structure to refer to a copy of the media file on a local device rather than on the external device such that the composite presentation refers to the media file on the local device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the external device is a camera.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the external device is an external hard disk.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the media clip comprises an asset data structure that (i) initially comprises a reference to the media file on the external device and (ii) has the reference to the media file on the external device replaced with a reference to the copy of the media file on the local device after the media file is imported.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the media clip further comprises a clip data structure that refers to the asset data structure and is independent of a location of the media file.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising, upon receiving the user input to add the media clip to the composite presentation, duplicating the clip data structure within a data structure for the composite presentation, the duplicate clip data structure also referencing the asset data structure independent of the location of the media file.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating thumbnail images for display in a graphical user interface of the media-editing application from the media file stored on the external device during the import of the media file.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising copying the media file from the external device to the local device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the copied media file is stored in a particular folder associated with the media-editing application on the local device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the local device is a boot disk of a computer on which the media-editing application operates.

11. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processor edits a composite presentation comprising a plurality of media clips in a media-editing application, the program comprising sets of instructions for:

receiving an import command to import a media file into the media-editing application from an external device;

automatically creating, upon receipt of the import command, a media clip to represent the media file in the media editing application, the media clip comprising a data structure that refers to the media file on the external device;

receiving, during the import of the media file from the external device, user input to add the media clip to the composite presentation being edited by the user;

adding, in response to the input, the media clip, which comprises the data structure referring to the media file on the external device, to the plurality of media clips in the composite presentation such that the composite presentation refers to the media file on the external device; and

automatically modifying, upon completion of the import of the media file from the external device, the reference in the media clip'"'"'s data structure to refer to a copy of the media file on a local device rather than on the external device such that the composite presentation refers to the media file on the local device.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the external device is a camera.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the external device is an external hard disk.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the media clip comprises an asset data structure that (i) initially comprises a reference to the media file on the external device and (ii) has the reference to the media file on the external device replaced with a reference to the copy of the media file on the local device after the media file is imported.

15. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 14, wherein the media clip further comprises a clip data structure that refers to the asset data structure and is independent of a location of the media file.

16. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for duplicating, upon receiving the user input to add the media clip to the composite presentation, the clip data structure within a data structure for the composite presentation, the duplicate clip data structure also referencing the asset data structure independent of the location of the media file.

17. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for generating thumbnail images for display in a graphical user interface of the media-editing application from the media file stored on the external device during the import of the media file.

18. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for copying the media file from the external device to the local device.

19. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 18, wherein the copied media file is stored in a particular folder associated with the media-editing application on the local device.

20. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein the local device is a boot disk of a computer on which the media-editing application operates.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a set of processing units for executing sets of instructions; and

a machine-readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one of the processing units edits a composite presentation comprising a plurality of media clips in a media-editing application, the program comprising sets of instructions for;

receiving an import command to import a media file into the media-editing application from an external device;

automatically creating, upon receipt of the import command, a media clip to represent the media file in the media editing application, the media clip comprising a data structure that refers to the media file on the external device;

receiving, during the import of the media file from the external device, user input to add the media clip to the composite presentation being edited by the user;

adding, in response to the input, the set of media clip, which comprises the data structure referring to the media file on the external device, to the plurality of media clips in the composite presentation such that the composite presentation refers to the media file on the external device; and

automatically modifying, upon completion of the import of the media file from the external device, the reference in the media clip'"'"'s data structure to refer to a copy of the media file on a local device rather than on the external device such that the composite presentation refers to the media file on the local device.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the external device is a camera.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the external device is an external hard disk.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the media clip comprises an asset data structure that (i) initially comprises a reference to the media file on the external device and (ii) has the reference to the media file on the external device replaced with a reference to the copy of the media file on the local device after the media file is imported.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the media clip further comprises a clip data structure that refers to the asset data structure and is independent of a location of the media file.