Patent ID: 9177602
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a performance for presentation during normal playing of the performance with a predetermined normal speed in a predetermined normal direction, the performance including a multitude of frames; storing the performance on a storage medium; reading portions of the performance from the storage medium; selecting, and storing an indication thereof, frames of the multitude of frames as start locations of respective trick play clips, each trick play clip including multiple frames, for playing in a trick play mode having a trick play speed different from the normal speed, defining portions of the performance between the trick play clips as fast skim clips for skimming in the trick play mode, the skim clips alternating with the trick play clips in the normal direction of play; and playing, in response to the stored identification and in the trick play mode, the trick play clips and skimming the fast skim clips between the trick play clips, the skimming being either skipping of fast skim clips or playing fast skim clips at a substantially higher speed than the trick play clips in the trick play mode, the trick play clips being presented at a slower speed than the trick play speed and the fast skim clips being presented at a faster play speed than the trick play speed.