Logging events in media files

Abstract

Logging events in a media file, including: providing a logger tool to allow a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file; and tracking and logging events in the media file by adding information to the media file including locations of bars and tone, slates, content, logos, commercial blacks, quality control issues, subtitles, and captions.

1 . A method of logging events in a media file, the method comprising:
 providing a logger tool to allow a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file; and   tracking and logging events in the media file by adding information to the media file including locations of bars and tone, slates, content, logos, commercial blacks, quality control issues, subtitles, and captions.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the media is a movie. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the key events are required to enable downstream automated post production processes and workflows. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the logger tool automatically presents and associates the events with the media file at proper locations. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein tracking and logging events in the media file comprises
 importing a quality control report having quality control entries into the logger tool; and   generating events for the media file matching the quality control entries.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the events are generated manually by the user within the logger tool. 
     
     
         7 . A logger tool to log events in video, the logger tool comprising:
 an adjustable filmstrip of thumbnails for at least a part of the video;   at least one audio waveform for the video;   timing information for the video;   a plurality of events associated with the video and locations of the events in the video;   at least one interface to display and playback the video and the at least one audio waveform;   at least one interface to create, edit, and delete events for the video;   at least one interface to create re-usable clips from the video; and   at least one interface to edit, import, and copy events or groups of events within a file or across files.   
     
     
         8 . The logger tool of  claim 7 , wherein the timing information comprises
 at least one of standard time code, tape time code, and frame number.   
     
     
         9 . The logger tool of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one interface to create re-usable clips comprises
 at least one interface to create new logos.   
     
     
         10 . The logger tool of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one interface to display and playback the video and the at least one audio waveform comprises
 at least one user interface through a web browser.   
     
     
         11 . The logger tool of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one interface to display and playback the video and the at least one audio waveform comprises
 at least one of a master strip, a looking glass, an event strip, an event indicator, an anchor, an audio magnification, player controls, a magnification slider, a volume slider, a player pane, and a stack view.   
     
     
         12 . A non-transitory tangible storage medium storing a computer program for logging events in a media file, the computer program comprising executable instructions that cause a computer to:
 enable a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file; and   track and log events in the media file by adding information to the media file including locations of bars and tone, slates, content, logos, commercial blacks, quality control issues, subtitles, and captions.   
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory tangible storage medium of  claim 12 , wherein the media is a movie. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory tangible storage medium of  claim 12 , wherein the key events are required to enable downstream automated post production processes and workflows. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory tangible storage medium of  claim 12 , wherein executable instructions that cause a computer to enable a user to view media in multiple ways and to capture and validate key events within the media file comprise executable instructions that cause a computer
 automatically present and associate the events with the media file at proper locations.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory tangible storage medium of  claim 12 , wherein executable instructions that cause, a computer to track and log events in the media file comprise executable instructions that cause a computer to:
 import a quality control report having quality control entries; and   generate events for the media file matching the quality control entries.