Patent ID: 7260306

Claim:
A method of editing video information including a video signal and an audio signal recorded on a recording medium, comprising the steps of: reproducing said recorded video information; detecting positions where said audio signal having an amplitude smaller than a predetermined level exists for a time period longer than or equal to a predetermined time period while said video signal is displayed; displaying said video signal and said audio signal on a display at the same time; indicating on said video information discrimination information showing a plurality of editing positions of said video signal corresponding to the detected positions of said audio signal in order to insert a commercial message into a time period defined by said discrimination information; confirming whether said discrimination information of said editing positions is a proper editing position in order to insert said commercial message; selecting said proper editing position from said editing positions corresponding to said detected positions where said commercial message is inserted; inserting said commercial message into the selected editing position; adjusting said discrimination information so that a total time period of said video information and said commercial message becomes within a predetermined time for broadcasting; and storing said discrimination information in a memory so that said video information is combined with said commercial message based on said discrimination information, when said video information combined with said commercial message is broadcast.