Abstract: A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipeline and a video output module. In addition, the video input system may comprise a video input module having a specific configuration and a video processing module having a connector for coupling the video input module, the specific configuration of the video input module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. The video output system may comprise a video processing module having a connector for coupling a video output module and a video output module having a specific configuration, the specific configuration of the video output module setting the characteristics of the video processing module.

Abstract: A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipeline and a video output module. In addition, the video input system may comprise a video input module having a specific configuration and a video processing module having a connector for coupling the video input module, the specific configuration of the video input module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. The video output system may comprise a video processing module having a connector for coupling a video output module and a video output module having a specific configuration, the specific configuration of the video output module setting the characteristics of the video processing module.

Abstract: A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipeline and a video output module. In addition, the video input system may comprise a video input module having a specific configuration and a video processing module having a connector for coupling the video input module, the specific configuration of the video input module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. The video output system may comprise a video processing module having a connector for coupling a video output module and a video output module having a specific configuration, the specific configuration of the video output module setting the characteristics of the video processing module.

Abstract: A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipeline and a video output module. In addition, the video input system may comprise a video input module having a specific configuration and a video processing module having a connector for coupling the video input module, the specific configuration of the video input module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. The video output system may comprise a video processing module having a connector for coupling a video output module and a video output module having a specific configuration, the specific configuration of the video output module setting the characteristics of the video processing module.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for pre-processing video signals comprises a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video input module receives and forwards one or more live video signals, producing a forwarded video signal for each received live video signal. The first video pipeline pre-processes VS1, wherein VS1 is a first stored video signal or one of the forwarded video signals produced in the video input module, producing a first pre-processed video signal. The second video pipeline pre-processes VS2, wherein VS2 is the same video signal being pre-processed in the first video pipeline, one of the other forwarded video signals produced in the video input module, or a second stored video signal, producing a second pre-processed video signal.

Abstract: A workstation for processing and producing a video signal comprises a video input system, a video graphics processor, and a video output system. The video input system may comprise a video input module, a first video pipeline, and a second video pipeline. The video output system may comprise a receiver, a video pipeline and a video output module. In addition, the video input system may comprise a video input module having a specific configuration and a video processing module having a connector for coupling the video input module, the specific configuration of the video input module setting the characteristics of the video processing module. The video output system may comprise a video processing module having a connector for coupling a video output module and a video output module having a specific configuration, the specific configuration of the video output module setting the characteristics of the video processing module.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for converting color data from a higher color resolution to a lower color resolution. Color data is converted by first receiving a plurality of bits representing color data for an image. Next, a subset of pixels represented by the plurality of bits is selected. The color data for each pixel within the selected subset is then divided into least significant bits and most significant bits. Next, the least significant bits for each pixel within the selected subset are compared to a corresponding value in a lookup table. Finally, for each pixel within the selected subset, if the least significant bits are greater than the corresponding value in the lookup table, then the most significant bits are incremented.

Abstract: A system for graphically displaying an item (having a plurality of elements) on a display device as the item appears at a preselected time in a timeline first determines which of the plurality of elements are later in the timeline than the preselected time. Once this is determined, first and second sets of elements are defined, in which the elements in the first set each have a respective associated time that is no later than the preselected time. The second set of elements, however, includes each of the elements not in the first set of elements. The number of elements in each of the first set and the second set can range from no elements to many elements. The elements in the first set are drawn on the display device in a first format, and the elements in the second set are drawn on the display device in a second format. The second format, however, graphically indicates that the elements in the second set have respective times that each are later than the preselected time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for converting color data from a higher color resolution to a lower color resolution. Color data is converted by first receiving a plurality of bits representing color data for an image. Next, a subset of pixels represented by the plurality of bits is selected. The color data for each pixel within the selected subset is then divided into least significant bits and most significant bits. Next, the least significant bits for each pixel within the selected subset are compared to a corresponding value in a lookup table. Finally, for each pixel within the selected subset, if the least significant bits are greater than the corresponding value in the lookup table, then the most significant bits are incremented.