A method and apparatus for receiving and processing compressed data, such as video or audio data, in a compressed domain. An exemplary preferred embodiment of the method and apparatus is embodied in a digital video editor programmed to determine appropriate sizes of amplitude adjustment steps to be directly...http://www.google.de/patents/US6633673?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6633673 - Fast fade operation on MPEG video or other compressed data