Automatic generation of multi-camera media clips

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising sets of instructions for:

• receiving a selection of a plurality of media clips captured by at least two different sources for creating a single multi-camera media clip, each of the media clips storing metadata about the media clip;
• based on source identification data stored in the metadata of the media clips, automatically assigning the media clips to different groups in the multi-camera media clip;
• for each group of the multi-camera media clip, automatically ordering the assigned clips of the group along a timeline using timing data stored in the metadata of the assigned clips, wherein for at least one group, a first clip assigned to the group starts at a different time on the timeline than a second clip assigned to the group;
• performing an initial synchronization of the different groups by comparing timing data of the clips assigned to the different groups in order to synchronize the timelines of the different groups;
• automatically adjusting the initial synchronization of the different groups by comparing audio data from the media clips assigned to the different groups;
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• storing the single multi-camera media clip having a first plurality of media clips from a first group and a second plurality of media clips from a second group, the single multi-camera media clip for addition to one or more composite media presentations,
• wherein the timing data of the assigned clips of a particular group include both timecode information and date and time information, wherein the set of instructions for automatically ordering the assigned clips comprises sets of instructions for:
• determining whether the timecode information meets a first set of criteria for use in ordering the assigned clips of the particular group;
• ordering the assigned clips of the particular group using the timecode information when the timecode information meets the first set of criteria;
• when the timecode information does not meet the first set of criteria, determining whether the date and time information meets a second set of criteria;
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• ordering the assigned clips of the particular group using the date and time information when the date and time information meets the second set of criteria.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising sets of instructions for:

• assigning a plurality of different media clips to different sequences of a multi-camera media clip based on source identification metadata of the different media clips,
• wherein the source information data indicates which device was used to capture the media clips;
• automatically performing an initial synchronization of the different sequences along a timeline using timing metadata of the assigned media clips of each sequence, wherein for at least one sequence a first media clip assigned to the sequence starts at a different time on the timeline than a second media clip assigned to the sequence;
• automatically adjusting the initial synchronization of the different sequences by comparing audio data of a first set of media clips of a first sequence to audio data of a second set of media clips of a second, different sequence;
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• storing the multi-camera media clip for addition to one or more composite media presentations, wherein an instance of the multi-camera clip in a composite media presentation includes a selection of one of the sequences for use in the composite media presentation.

A method for defining a media-editing application, the method comprising:

• automatically assigning a plurality of media clips to at least two different groups in a multi-camera media clip based on metadata of the plurality of media clips that indicates, for each media clip, a source of the media clip, wherein the metadata for a set of media clips assigned to a particular group of the at least two different groups includes both timecode information and date and time information separate from the timecode information;
• for each different group of the multi-camera media clip:
• ordering the set of media clips assigned to the group along a timeline using the timecode information when the timecode information meets a first set of criteria for use in ordering the set of media clips;
• only when the timecode information does not meet the first set of criteria and the date and time information meets a second set of criteria, ordering the assigned clips of the set of media clips along the timeline using the date and time information, wherein for each group, timecode information is preferred to date and time information for ordering the set of media clips assigned to the group;
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• automatically synchronizing the different groups of clips along a single timeline for the multi-camera media clip by using the timecode and date and time metadata of the clips.

A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a media-editing application for execution by at least one processing unit, the media-editing application comprising sets of instructions for:

• assigning a plurality of different media clips to different groups of a multi-camera media clip based on source information of the different media clips, wherein the plurality of media clips comprises a set of video clips and a set of still image clips,
• wherein the source information identifies which device was used to capture the media clips;
• for each group of assigned media clips, automatically:
• ordering the media clips along a timeline using timing information generated by the sources of the media clips, wherein the timing information for a video clip comprises a start time and a duration and the timing information for a still image clip comprises a creation time;
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• spacing the media clips along the timeline according to the timing information, wherein the duration of a video clip in the timeline is based on the timing information for the video clip and the duration of a still image clip in the timeline extends from the creation time of the still image clip to the start time of a next clip in the sequence.