Patent ID: 6539163
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of constructing a sequence in an non-linear editing system comprising the steps of:(i) constructing a set of metadata defining a child sequence, said metadata providing at least one output stream of data; (ii) storing said metadata defining said child sequence such that it is persisted; (iii) creating at least one reference clip for placement in a parent sequence, said at least one reference clip including a reference to said child sequence and to at least a selected one of said at least one output stream of data; (iv) placing said at least one reference clip in a parent sequence such that said metadata defining said child sequence is not loaded into memory prior to playback of said parent sequence, but during playback of said parent sequence, at least said selected one of sad at least one output streams of data is included in said playback.