Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling background video on a computer display is accomplished by providing a video control icon, which is visible on the display. The video control icon relates to the live video being displayed as the background. Once selection of the video control icon has been detected, the computer displays a control panel for the live video while the live video remains in the background. As such, when a user desires to change an attribute of the live video, the user selects the video control icon which pops up a control panel. The user then makes an adjustment via the control panel to the live video and once such an adjustment is made, the control panel is removed from the screen. All this done while the live video remains in the background, thus other applications that were in focus remain in focus.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a multimedia document that includes video image samples and associated audio is accomplished by decoding video signals into decoded video representations, sampling the decoded video representations at a rate below the motion video frame rate, and storing the video samples as a video document. For example, a JPEG (Joint picture expert group) document. In addition to creating video documents, the present method and apparatus also digitizes received audio signals and stores the digitized audio as an audio document. For example, as an AIFF (audio interchange file format audio format which is used with MAC OS™) audio document, a WAV (which is used with Windows™) audio document, or a RealAudio™ (which is the Internet standard for delivering continuous audio) audio document.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a multimedia document that includes video image samples and associated audio is accomplished by decoding video signals into decoded video representations, sampling the decoded video representations at a rate below the motion video frame rate, and storing the video samples as a video document. For example, a JPEG (Joint picture expert group) document. In addition to creating video documents, the present method and apparatus also digitizes received audio signals and stores the digitized audio as an audio document. For example, as an AIFF (audio interchange file format audio format which is used with MAC OS™) audio document, a WAV (which is used with Windows™) audio document, or a RealAudio™ (which is the Internet standard for delivering continuous audio) audio document.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a multimedia document that includes video image samples and associated audio is accomplished by decoding video signals into decoded video representations, sampling the decoded video representations at a rate below the motion video frame rate, and storing the video samples as a video document. For example, a JPEG document. In addition to creating video documents, the present method and apparatus also digitizes received audio signals and stores the digitized audio as an audio document. For example, as an AIFF (audio interchange file format audio format audio document, a WAV (which is used with Windows™) audio document, or a RealAudio™ (which is the Internet standard for delivering continuous audio) audio document. Once the video document(s) and audio document(s) are created, they are mapped together and stored as a multimedia document, which may be a hypertext document, such as an HTML document.