Patent ID: 6018337
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of editing stored video source material using a media composition system that includes a display and a mouse having a mouse button, comprising:entering a shuttling mode wherein positions of the mouse correspond to different playback speeds for the video source material on the display,responding to movement of the mouse by changing the playback speed of the video source material, the playback speed being related to a distance between a current position of the mouse and a first starting point for the mouse, the first starting point being a mouse position that corresponds to a zero speed,detecting user actuation of the mouse button while in the shuttling modedefining a second starting point corresponding to a cement position of the mouse when the user actuation of the mouse button is detected by the step of detecting, the second starting point being a mouse position different from the first starting point and also corresponding to a zero speed, andresponding to movement of the mouse by changing the playback speed of the video source material, the playback speed being related to a distance between a current position of the mouse and the second starting point for the mouse.