Patent ID: 8406610
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for editing media data, the method comprising: displaying a representation of a first media data instance and a second media data instance, each of the media data instances displayed along a corresponding one of a plurality of lines at a corresponding one of a plurality of positions, each corresponding position chosen in accordance with a capture time associated with the media data instance; determining an overlap region for a first media data instance and a second media data instance, the first media data instance and the second media data instance having overlapping capture times, such that when the media data instances have overlapping capture times the media data instances with overlapping capture times are displayed on different ones of the lines; and combining a plurality of frames within the overlap region according to an overlap style to produce an output media data, wherein the first media data instance and the second media data instance are captured from different sources.