Machine-implemented authoring method for a high definition digital versatile disc, and a computer readable storage medium for implementing the same
View Patent ↗A machine-implemented authoring method for a high definition digital versatile disc includes: receiving a user-specified title; enabling a user to specify an initial playlist file and at least one application, the initial playlist file being one of a template-generated raw playlist file and a user-authored raw playlist file; and in response to a user-inputted command, modifying the initial playlist file to set corresponding relationship between the user-specified title and the at least one application such that, during playback of the user-specified title, the at least one application set to correspond to the user-specified title can be invoked and executed.
1. A machine-implemented authoring method for a high definition digital versatile disc (HD DVD) utilizing an interactive application for the HD DVD, comprising:
a) receiving a user-specified title of a video;
b) enabling a user to specify an initial playlist file and at least one application for the HD DVD, the initial playlist file being one of a template-generated raw playlist file and a user-authored raw playlist file, the at least one application for the HD DVD including interactive content comprising one or both of receiving user inputs and displaying prompt messages; and
c) in response to a user-inputted command, modifying the initial playlist file to set a corresponding relationship between the user-specified title and said at least one application for the HD DVD such that, during playback of the video having the user-specified title using the HD DVD, said at least one interactive application set to correspond to the user-specified title can be invoked and executed, wherein execution of the application includes allowing an audience of the video playback to simultaneously interact with the application in real-time via one or both of the user inputs and the prompt messages without interrupting playback of the video.
2. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, between steps b) and c), placing the initial playlist file and said at least one application in a directory.
3. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step b), the initial playlist file is a template-generated raw playlist file.
4. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the initial playlist file is generated in step b).
5. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step b), the initial playlist file is a user-authored raw playlist file.
6. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step b), said at least one application is a user-authored application.
7. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising, after step c), previewing modified content of step c) to validate the HD DVD.
8. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the user-specified title includes a time map file, and the initial playlist file records file name and location of the time map file, and includes a playlist parameter segment and at least one title parameter segment; and
modifying to set the corresponding relationship in step c) includes at least one of modifying the playlist parameter segment such that value of an include parameter in the playlist parameter segment corresponds to name and location of an include file in said at least one application that corresponds to the user-specified title, and
modifying said at least one title parameter segment such that value of an include parameter in said at least one title parameter segment corresponds to name and location of an include file in said at least one application that corresponds to the user-specified title.
9. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step c), said at least one application is modified according to attributes of the user-specified title that corresponds to said at least one application.
10. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in step c), the initial playlist file is modified according to modifying content in the user-inputted command.
11. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the corresponding relationship is modified in step c) according to settings in the user-inputted command, and is at least one of the relationship of the user-specified title with said at least one application, and the relationship of a playlist in the playlist file with said at least one application.
12. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an attribute of the user-specified title is represented by a keyword in at least one of the initial playlist file and said at least one application,
the machine-implemented authoring method further comprising, after step c), in response to another user-inputted command, updating occurrences of the keyword in said at least one of the initial playlist file and said at least one application with actual values of the attribute of the user-specified title.
13. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the application includes interactive content to be simultaneously rendered along with media content associated with the title.
14. A machine-implemented authoring method adapted for use when adding an interactive application to a high definition digital versatile disc (HD DVD) project, the project including at least one title of a video and a playlist file, said machine-implemented authoring method comprising:
a) receiving the application, the application for the HD DVD including interactive content comprising one or both of receiving user inputs and displaying prompt messages;
b) in response to a user-inputted command, setting a corresponding relationship between the application and the title for the HD DVD; and
c) modifying the playlist file according to the corresponding relationship thus set such that the interactive application can be invoked and executed during playback of the video having the title using the HD DVD, wherein execution of the application includes allowing an audience of the video playback to simultaneously interact with the application in real-time via one or both of the user inputs and the prompt messages without interrupting playback of the video.
15. The machine-implemented authoring method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the application includes interactive content to be simultaneously rendered along with media content associated with the title.
16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions for causing a computing apparatus to execute consecutive steps of a machine-implemented authoring method for a high definition digital versatile disc (HD DVD) utilizing an interactive application for the HD DVD, said machine-implemented authoring method comprising:
a) receiving a user-specified title of a video;
b) enabling a user to specify an initial playlist file and at least one application for the HD DVD, the initial playlist file being one of a template-generated raw playlist file and a user-authored raw playlist file, the at least one application for the HD DVD including interactive content comprising one or both of receiving user inputs and displaying prompt messages; and
c) in response to a user-inputted command, modifying the initial playlist file to set a corresponding relationship between the user-specified title and said at least one application for the HD DVD such that, during playback of the video having the user-specified title using the HD DVD, said at least one interactive application set to correspond to the user-specified title can be invoked and executed, wherein execution of the application includes allowing an audience of the video playback to simultaneously interact with the application in real-time via one or both of the user inputs and the prompt messages without interrupting playback of the video.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein said machine-implemented authoring method further comprises, between steps b) and c) placing the initial playlist file and said at least one application in a directory.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein, in step b), the initial playlist file is a template-generated raw playlist file generated by the computing apparatus.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the initial playlist file is generated by the computing apparatus in step b).
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein, in step b), the initial playlist file is a user-authored raw playlist file.
21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein, in step b), said at least one application is a user-authored application.
22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein said machine-implemented authoring method further comprises, after step c), previewing modified content of step c) to validate the HD DVD.
23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein:
the user-specified title includes a time map file, and the initial playlist file records file name and location of the time map file, and includes a playlist parameter segment and at least one title parameter segment; and
modifying to set the corresponding relationship in step c) of said machine-implemented authoring method includes at least one of
modifying the playlist parameter segment such that value of an include parameter in the playlist parameter segment corresponds to name and location of an include file in said at least one application that corresponds to the user-specified title, and
modifying said at least one title parameter segment such that value of an include parameter in said at least one title parameter segment corresponds to name and location of an include file in said at least one application that corresponds to the user-specified title.
24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein, in step c), said at least one application is modified according to attributes of the user-specified title that corresponds to said at least one application.
25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein, in step c), the initial playlist file is modified according to modifying content in the user-inputted command.
26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the corresponding relationship is modified in step c) according to settings in the user-inputted command, and is at least one of the relationship of the user-specified title with said at least one application, and the relationship of a playlist in the playlist file with said at least one application.
27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein an attribute of the user-specified title is represented by a keyword in at least one of the initial playlist file and said at least one application,
said machine-implemented authoring method further comprising, after step c), in response to another user-inputted command, updating occurrences of the keyword in said at least one of the initial playlist file and said at least one application with actual values of the attribute of the user-specified title.
28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the application includes interactive content to be simultaneously rendered along with media content associated with the title.
29. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program instructions for causing a computing apparatus to execute consecutive steps of a machine-implemented authoring method for adding an interactive application to a high definition digital versatile disc (HD DVD) project, the project including at least one title of a video and a playlist file, said machine-implemented authoring method comprising:
a) receiving the application, the application for the HD DVD including interactive content comprising one or both of receiving user inputs and displaying prompt messages;
b) in response to a user-inputted command, setting a corresponding relationship between the application and the title for the HD DVD; and
c) modifying the playlist file by the computing apparatus according to the corresponding relationship thus set such that the interactive application can be invoked and executed during playback of the video having the title using the HD DVD, wherein execution of the application includes allowing an audience of the video playback to simultaneously interact with the application in real-time via one or both of the user inputs and the prompt messages without interrupting playback of the video.
30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium as claimed in claim 29 , wherein the application includes interactive content to be simultaneously rendered along with media content associated with the title.