Patent ID: 8135261

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a storage storing: a video capture module that when executed by the processor receives (i) a first video clip that has an associated first metadata structure storing a first metadata set that includes a first native frame rate that a first device captured the first video clip and (ii) a second video clip that has an associated second metadata structure storing a second metadata set that includes a second native frame rate that a second device captured the second video clip; and a video editing module that when executed by the processor generates, from the first and second video clips, a third video clip at a third frame rate comprising a plurality of frames that includes a third metadata structure storing a third metadata set that comprises (i) the first frame rate or the second frame rate and (ii) a plurality of frame identifiers that correspond to the plurality of frames, the plurality of frame identifiers for mapping the plurality of frames of the third video clip from the third frame rate to one of the first and second frame rates, said third frame rate different than the first frame rate or the second frame rate that is stored in the third metadata structure.