Patent ID: 7194676
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a system for editing an audiovisual work, a method for producing a retiming effect on a clip of synchronized audio data and video data, wherein the audio data comprises a sequence of audio samples wherein each audio sample has a corresponding input time, and wherein the video data comprises a sequence of video samples wherein each video sample has a corresponding input time, to produce a retimed clip of synchronized audio data and video data in the audiovisual work, wherein in the retimed clip the audio data comprises a sequence of audio samples wherein each audio sample has a corresponding output time, and wherein thc video data comprises a sequence of video samples wherein each video sample has a corresponding output time, comprising: associating a definition of a retiming function for a rampable retirning effect that maps output times to input times with the clip of synchronized audio data and video data; processing the synchronized audio data and video data according to the retiming function to produce the rctimed clip, wherein processing comprises: for each output time for an audio sample, for each output time for a video sample,