Video processing system
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1. A method comprising:
- identifying one or more video content items including video data that is to be a source for an album;
identifying scenes from the video data including a representative still from each scene;
providing a list of scenes including a representative still image for a given scene;
receiving a plurality of edit instructions for editing the video data in accordance with input received from a user;
receiving an indication from the user that editing is complete and that the album should be finalized;
creating a streaming version of the album;
receiving instructions from the user to distribute an edited form of the video content item embodied in the album to one or more distributees; and
distributing the edited form of the video content items embodied in the album to the distributes based on the received instructions including streaming at least a portion of the album to the distributees.
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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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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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identifying one or more video content items including video data that is to be a source for an album; identifying scenes from the video data including a representative still from each scene; providing a list of scenes including a representative still image for a given scene; receiving a plurality of edit instructions for editing the video data in accordance with input received from a user; receiving an indication from the user that editing is complete and that the album should be finalized; creating a streaming version of the album; receiving instructions from the user to distribute an edited form of the video content item embodied in the album to one or more distributees; and distributing the edited form of the video content items embodied in the album to the distributes based on the received instructions including streaming at least a portion of the album to the distributees. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of video content items including video data and still image data representative of a given scene included in a respective video content item; receiving a selection from the user of a plurality of scenes; combining the selections to produce a single video content item including combining associated video data and associated representative still image data into the single video content item; receiving an edit list including one or more edit instructions for editing the video data in accordance with input received from a user wherein at least one of the edit instructions includes an instruction to modify a first segment of the video data; editing the video content item in accordance with the edit list including evaluating and generating at least one new representative still for the first segment in the video data after the modifying; and storing the single video content item including enabling playing the single video content item by the user and distributing the single video content item to other users. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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identifying video data; evaluating the video data to detect scene transitions defining distinct segments of the video data including processing successive frames of the video data wherein processing a frame includes identifying a representative portion of the frame so as to not require processing an entire portion of the frame and comparing the representative portion to a representative portion from a prior or next frame of the video data, wherein the representative portion comprises less than an entire frame; and identifying a representative still for each segment associated with the video data; and publishing the segments of the video data and the plurality of representative stills. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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