Content Editing and Generating System

Abstract

A content editing and generating system 1 editing one or more source contents to generate a multimedia content includes a source content file 24 for managing source contents, a stage window 32 which is provided in an authoring function 21 and in which the source contents are positioned, a timeline window 33 which is provided in the authoring function 21, has multiple tracks 33a corresponding to the playback duration of the multimedia contents, assigns a track 33a to each content positioned on the stage window 32, and manages a playback period including a playback start time and a playback end time of the source content in the multimedia content, and a data manager function 22 which manages the positions and sizes of the contents positioned on the stage window 32 with respect to the stage window 32 and the playback periods of the contents with respect to the tracks 33a as view objects 221 associated with the contents.

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