Video mixing method and system

摘要

A video mixing computer apparatus includes a computing device, a touch interface having multiple selectable tiles, at least some of the tiles each having an associated media viewer capable of playing a visual source in response to selection of the tile. The compositing engine, tiles, media viewers, and compositing engine interoperate such that, when a user selects a first tile, a part of a first visual source will be played by a first media player, and when the user then selects a second tile, a part of a second visual source will be played by a second media player, and concurrent with the playing, information relating to the parts will be captured for use by the compositing engine to create a media file as a sequential mix of the first and second visual sources corresponding to the user's selections' timings and durations. A video mixing method is also described.

主权项

1. A video mixing computer apparatus comprising:
a computing device including at least one processor, storage and input/output (I/O) hardware; a touch interface associated with the computing device having multiple concurrently visible selectable tiles delineated therein, at least some of the multiple tiles each having associated therewith a media viewer, each media viewer being capable of displaying a visual source in response to selection of the associated tile; a compositing engine within the computing device; the at least some tiles, the associated media viewers, and the compositing engine configured to interoperate such that, when a user selects a first tile, a part of a first visual source associated with the first tile will be played for the user by a first media player associated with the first tile, and when the user then selects a second tile, a part of a second visual source associated with the second tile will be played for the user by a second media player associated with the second tile, and concurrent with the playing of the part of the first visual source and the part of the second visual source, information relating to the part of the first visual source and the part of the second visual source will be captured for use by the compositing engine to create a media file as a sequential mix of the first visual source and second visual source corresponding to the user's selections' timings and durations.