Patent ID: 6154600
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A media editor for non-linear editing of hypermedia, comprising:a video controller to receive a video portion of a hypermedia input;an input frame controller, in data communication with the video controller, to provide a plurality of video frames representing the video portion;a memory controller to receive the video frames from the input frame controller for storage in a memory, wherein the memory controller accesses the memory;an editing engine, in data communication with the memory controller, to receive and manipulate the video frames; anda playback engine including:at least one playback controller in communication with the memory controller to retrieve the video frames from the memory;an alpha playback controller in communication with the memory controller to retrieve an alpha frame from the memory; anda video ALU, in communication with the at least one playback controller and the alpha playback controller, to integrate the retrieved video frames with the retrieved alpha frame so as to form an output video portion of a hypermedia output.