Patent ID: 6144798
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method of editing material information, comprising the steps of:selecting a desired one of a B-roll storing operation, an A/B-roll editing operation and a cut editing operation;enabling a user to select either one of the first tape transport and thc second tape transport for playing back information and automatically selecting the other of said first tape transport and said second tape transport for recording information;playing back first lateral information recorded on a first tape recording medium with the selected playback tape transport;processing said first material information which has been played back;temporarily storing the processed first material information in temporary storage medium;reading said first material information from said temporary storage medium;playing back second material information recorded on said first tape recording medium with, said playback tape transport;processing the played back second material information;editing said first material information read from said temporary storage medium and the processed second material information into edited information;processing said edited information for recording;recording the processed edited information on a second tape recording medium with the selected recording tape transport; andcontrolling the above steps in accordance with the selected one of said B-roll storing operation, said A/B-roll editing operation and said cut editing operation such that the number of tape transports utilized in performing the selected one of said B-roll storing operation, said A/B-roll editing operation and said cut editing operation is no more than two,wherein said first and second material information are obtainable from any portion of the first tape recording medium.