Split edits

• US 7,350,148 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2003
• Issued: 03/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Ubillos, Randy
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Cao (Kevin)
• Application Number:
  US10/635,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20040046782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,694 Days
• Field of Search: 715723-726, 715/719, 715764-765, 715/819, 715/810, 715/762, 715/853
• US Class Current: 715/723
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• 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

Abstract

A method and apparatus is described that is related to split editing. An indicia of a first time based stream of information is displayed at a source media. An indicia of a second time based stream of information is displayed at the source media. This is followed by an editing of the first time based stream of information and the second time based stream of information together in an operation that uses no more than six edit points between the source media and a destination media combined. The editing is performed such that the selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information differs from the selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information, and the destination media includes a third time based stream of information.

Claims

1. A method to edit time based streams of information, the method comprising:

displaying together a first indicia of a first time based stream of information and a second indicia of a second time based stream of information, the first and second time based streams of information being correlated with each other in time;

displaying a plurality of edit point markers together with the first indicia and the second indicia, the plurality of markers defining a first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and a second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information, the plurality of markers being adjustable in response to user input so that the first selected amount of time is different from the second selected amount of time; and

editing a third time based stream of information and a fourth time based stream of information according to the plurality of markers to include the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information in the third and fourth time based streams of information respectively.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first time based stream of information overlaps at least partially in time with the second time based stream of information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information overlaps at least partially in time with the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

displaying a third indicia of the third time based stream of information and a fourth indicia of the fourth time based stream of information together with the first indicia and the second indicia and the plurality of markers.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of markers defines a plurality of edit points in the first, second, third and fourth time based streams of information;

the plurality of edit points defines the first selected amount of time, the second selected amount of time, and positions in the third and fourth time based streams of information in which the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information are included.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of markers comprise less than six individually adjustable markers.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining the first selected amount of time using one of the plurality of markers, the one of the plurality of markers being on one of;

the second, third and fourth indicia.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the one of the plurality of markers defines an edit point on the third indicia.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second time based streams of information are from one source media;

the first time based stream of information comprises audio information; and

, the second time based stream of information comprises video information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said editing is in one operation.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said editing comprises:

replacing a portion of the third and fourth time based streams of information with a corresponding portion of the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said editing comprises:

inserting the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information into the third and fourth time based streams of information respectively without overwriting a portion of the third and fourth time based streams of information.

13. A machine readable medium containing executable computer program instructions which when executed by a data processing system cause said system to perform a method to edit time based streams of information, the method comprising:

displaying together a first indicia of a first time based stream of information and a second indicia of a second time based stream of information, the first and second time based streams of information being correlated with each other in time;

displaying a plurality of edit point markers together with the first indicia and the second indicia, the plurality of markers defining a first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and a second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information, the first selected amount of time being different from the second selected amount of time; and

editing a third time based stream of information and a fourth time based stream of information according to the plurality of markers to include the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information in the third and fourth time based streams of information respectively.

14. The medium of claim 13, wherein the first time based stream of information overlaps at least partially in time with the second time based stream of information.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information overlaps at least partially in time with the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information.

16. The medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

displaying a third indicia of the third time based stream of information and a fourth indicia of the fourth time based stream of information together with the first indicia and the second indicia and the plurality of markers.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the plurality of markers defines a plurality of edit points in the first, second, third and fourth time based streams of information;

the plurality of edit points defines the first selected amount of time, the second selected amount of time, and positions in the third and fourth time based streams of information in which the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information are included.

18. The medium of claim 17, wherein the plurality of markers comprise less than six individually adjustable markers.

19. The medium of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises:

determining the first selected amount of time using one of the plurality of markers, the one of the plurality of markers being on one of;

the second, third and fourth indicia.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the one of the plurality of markers is displayed for the third time based stream of information.

21. The medium of claim 13, wherein the first and second time based streams of information are from one source media;

the first time based stream of information comprises audio information; and

, the second time based stream of information comprises video information.

22. The medium of claim 13, wherein said editing is in response to one user input.

23. The medium of claim 13, wherein said editing replaces a portion of the third and fourth time based streams of information with a corresponding portion of the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information.

24. The medium of claim 13, wherein said editing inserts the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information into the third and fourth time based streams of information respectively without overwriting a portion of the third and fourth time based streams of information.

25. A data processing system to edit time based streams of information, the data processing system comprising:

means for displaying together a first indicia of a first time based stream of information and a second indicia of a second time based stream of information, the first and second time based streams of information being correlated with each other in time;

means for displaying a plurality of edit point markers together with the first indicia and the second indicia, the plurality of markers defining a first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and a second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information;

means for adjusting the plurality of markers in response to user input so that the first selected amount of time is different from the second selected amount of time; and

means for editing a third time based stream of information and a fourth time based stream of information according to the plurality of markers to include the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information in the third and fourth time based streams of information respectively.

26. The data processing system of claim 25, wherein the first time based stream of information overlaps at least partially in time with the second time based stream of information.

27. The data processing system of claim 26, wherein the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information overlaps at least partially in time with the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information.

28. The data processing system of claim 26, further comprising:

means for displaying a third indicia of the third time based stream of information and a fourth indicia of the fourth time based stream of information together with the first indicia and the second indicia and the plurality of markers.

29. The data processing system of claim 28, wherein the plurality of markers defines a plurality of edit points in the first, second, third and fourth time based streams of information;

the plurality of edit points defines the first selected amount of time, the second selected amount of time, and positions in the third and fourth time based streams of information in which the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information are included.

30. The data processing system of claim 29, wherein the plurality of markers comprise less than six individually adjustable markers.

31. The data processing system of claim 28, further comprising:

means for determining the first selected amount of time using one of the plurality of markers, the one of the plurality of markers being on one of;

the second, third and fourth indicia.

32. The data processing system of claim 31, wherein the one of the plurality of markers defines an edit point on the third indicia.

33. The data processing system of claim 25, wherein the first and second time based streams of information are from one source media;

the first time based stream of information comprises audio information; and

, the second time based stream of information comprises video information.

34. The data processing system of claim 25, wherein said means for editing edits the third and fourth time based streams of information together.

35. The data processing system of claim 25, wherein said means for editing replaces a portion of the third and fourth time based streams of information with a corresponding portion of the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information.

36. The data processing system of claim 25, wherein said means for editing inserts the first selected amount of time of the first time based stream of information and the second selected amount of time of the second time based stream of information into the third and fourth time based streams of information respectively without overwriting a portion of the third and fourth time based streams of information.