METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE CREATION AND EDITING OF MEDIA INTENDED FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING MEDIA

摘要

Methods and apparatus are provided for simplifying the creation and editing of media intended for the enhancement consumer media A software-based authoring tool is disclosed that allows users to interact directly with and control a DVD or other media format and/or storage medium, specify media content that is intended to enhance the DVD, and output a program and associated media that would be available to other applications to combine with the DVD media The authoring tool, identified as the Interactive Media Enhancement Editor, allows the author to play the DVD5 stop it at certain desired times or events and then allow the author to specify the enhancing media (identified as Secondary Media) that is to be associated with that time or event The development of Secondary Media content relies on precise coordination with certain events (such as entering a specific menu or chapter of the DVD) or on certain time events (such as 25 seconds into chapter three of the DVD)