Patent ID: 6351765
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A method of nonlinear video editing comprisingstoring source video segments on a digital database system, selecting a said source video segment having a stored decimation quality, retrieving said selected source video segment having a stored decimation quality, decimating said selected source video segment into a decimated video segment at a first decimation quality that is more decimated than said stored decimation quality such that said decimated video segment has less data than said source video segment, accessing said decimated video segment at a nonlinear video editor, using said decimated video segment during editing of a video program at said nonlinear video editor, and producing said video program by accessing all or part of said source video segment from said digital database system at a second decimation quality that has more data per frame than said first decimation quality to produce said video program at a less decimated decimation quality than said first decimation quality.