Patent ID: 8706775

Claim:
An editing apparatus comprising: a metadata acquisition unit for acquiring metadata, using a drive controlled by a computer processing unit (CPU) to read the metadata from a recording medium and store in an editing storage means, which metadata including time length information of material data and material identifiers recorded by a shooter for identifying useable material data, wherein the metadata is annex information for managing material data, and further wherein the metadata includes a clip identifier and is presented to an editor in text form; a material data acquisition unit for acquiring the material data from the recording medium and writing the acquired material data in the editing storage means; a determination unit to determine whether the material data is stored in the editing storage means or not; a user interface unit for selecting at least part of the material data by using the metadata for generating display data including the time length information and material identifiers provided in the metadata and for receiving designation of material data forming content based on the display data, wherein the user interface generates a display data associated with a predetermined dummy image with the material identifier and the time length information; and an editing unit for generating editing data used for editing content prior to initial broadcast, according to the selection, wherein the editing storage means unit is a hard disk drive (HDD), and the material data is edited using only the material data identifiers and the time length information.