Patent ID: 6847358

Claim:
A workstation for processing and producing video signals, the workstation comprising: a storage medium; a video input system comprising: a video input module for receiving and forwarding one or more live video signals, the video input module producing a forwarded video signal for each received live video signal; a first video pipeline for pre-processing VS 1 , wherein, in one configuration, VS 1 is a first stored video signal received from the storage medium, and, in another configuration, VS 1 is one of the forwarded video signals produced in the video input module, the first video pipeline producing a first pre-processed video signal; and a second video pipeline for pre-processing VS 2 , wherein, in one configuration, VS 2 is the same video signal being pre-processed in the first video pipeline, and, in another configuration, VS 2 is one of the other forwarded video signals produced in the video input module, and, in another configuration, VS 2 is a second stored video signal received from the storage medium, the second video pipeline producing a second pre-processed video signal, wherein VS 2 is different than the first pre-processed video signal; and a video graphics processor for processing VS 3 , wherein VS 3 is a third stored video signal in one configuration, the first pre-processed video signal in another configuration, or and the second pre-processed video signal in another configuration, the video graphics processor producing a processed video signal.