Patent ID: 7424202

Claim:
An editing system comprising: first storage means for storing video data of edit material; second storage means for storing the video data of the edit material read from the first storage means, the second storage means having accessibility faster than the first storage means; editing means for editing video data, from the second storage means based on an edit list specifying edit details, in order to create edited video based on the edit list, the edit list being stored in a selected file; and control means for controlling the first storage means and the second storage means according to requests from the editing means, wherein: the editing means, when opening the selected file, provides the control means a transfer request of a list of the video data stored in the second storage means corresponding to the editing means, and based on a retained clip list received from the control means, when there is video data required in the edit list but not stored in the second storage means, provides the control means a readout request of the video data required for creating the edited video based on the edit list being stored in the selected file; and the control means in response to the received transfer request, sends the retained clip list to the editing terminal, and in response to the received readout request, controls the first storage means and the second storage means according to the readout request from the editing means so that the first storage means reads the video data required and the second storage means stores the video data required.