Patent ID: 7039298
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of creating a selected segment of DVD formatted audio/visual data capable of being played on a DVD player from playable source DVD data, the playable source DVD data including audio/visual (A/V) content data and DVD formatting data for the content data, the A/V content data of the source DVD data formed by blocks of data, the method comprising: instructing a user to (i) display a start frame using one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back and (ii) identify the frame being displayed as the start frame by pressing a predetermine key; instructing the user to (i) display a stop frame using the one or more playback control keys while the source DVD data is played back and (ii) identify the frame being displayed as the stop frame by pressing the predetermine key; selecting a start point and a stop point within the source DVD data, based on the start frame and the stop frame identified by the user, to establish the extent of the selected segment as less than all of the source DVD data; identifying blocks of data within the source DVD data as constituting the A/V content data of the selected segment; copying the identified blocks of data; determining DVD formatting data for the identified blocks of data; and assembling (i) the identified blocks of data and (ii) the DVD formatting data determined for the identified blocks of data such that the assembled data can be played by a DVD player.