Patent ID: 7843508

Claim:
A computer system for converting video information from an incoming format to an outgoing format using an integrated computer software application, the integrated computer software application being provided on a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising: a code in the integrated computer software application for receiving video information in a first format; a code in the integrated computer software application for receiving a first input, the first input being associated with a desired output media format, the desired output media format being one selected from a plurality of output media formats, each output media format being a specific standard video format for optical disk media; a code in the integrated computer software application for receiving a desired TV standard based upon a second input, the desired TV standard being one selected from a plurality of TV standards; a code in the integrated computer software application for converting the video information in the first format to raw video information in an uncompressed format; a code in the integrated software application of the computer system for processing the raw video information into an elementary video stream, wherein processing the raw video information into the elementary video stream includes adjusting the raw video information in the uncompressed format to a frame rate associated with the desired TV standard and resizing the raw video information in the uncompressed format into a size associated with the desired output media format and the desired TV standard; and a code in the integrated computer software application for disk authoring, the disk authoring including multiplexing the elementary video stream with audio information into the desired output media format and the desired TV standard to obtain video and audio information in a presentation format based upon the desired output media format and the desired TV standard, the presentation format being a specific format for writing video and audio information to an optical disk medium according to the desired output media format and the desired TV standard, wherein the integrated computer software application comprises the code for converting the video information, the code for processing the raw video information, and the code for disk authoring, so that the presentation format based upon the desired output media format and the desired TV standard is output by the integrated computer software application in a continuous single pass process.