Method And Apparatus For Converting And Optimizing Editing Files

Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating a converted edit file based on an original editing file, by correlating the various entries of the original edit file and calculating new editing data to be used in the converted edit file. The method further optimizes the HDTV-TL by systematically merging adjacent film segments thus minimizing the cost/time to telecine those merged film segments.

1 . A recording, comprising a plurality of motion picture segments, wherein the plurality of motion picture segments is selected based on a converted telecine log (CTL), wherein the CTL is constructed from an editing file that contains an edit decision list (EDL) and a telecine log (TL), wherein the EDL contains a plurality of EDL entries and the TL contains a plurality of TL entries, wherein CTL is constructed by: 
 (a) correlating the EDL to the TL based on the plurality of EDL entries and the plurality of TL entries;    (b) determining the location of a desired motion picture segment based on the correlation between the EDL and TL; and    (c) constructing the CTL that contains a new flash data that points to the location of a desired motion picture segment.    
   
   
       2 . The recording of  claim 1 , wherein the selection of the plurality of motion picture segments is also based on a converted edit decision list (CEDL), wherein the CEDL is based on: (1) a new source data, wherein the new source data points to the location of a copy of the desired motion picture segment; and (2) the EDL.  
   
   
       3 . A recording, comprising a plurality of motion picture segments, wherein the plurality of motion picture segments is selected based on an optimized pull list (OPT-PL), wherein the OPT-PL is constructed by: 
 (a) identifying the location for each of a plurality of film segments;    (b) merging two of the plurality of film segments, resulting in a merged film segment and a remaining plurality of non-merged film segments;    (c) calculating a cost to transfer the merged film segment and the remaining plurality of non-merged film segments, recording the cost in a plurality of recorded costs;    (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until a portion of the plurality of film segments has been merged into the merged film segment; and    (e) constructing the OPT-PL based on the plurality of recorded costs.    
   
   
       4 . The recording of  claim 4 , wherein the recording is selected from a group consisting of: 
 a printed negative, an edited master, and a video tape.