Patent ID: 7280738
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for specifying a selection of content segments stored in different formats, comprising the steps of: receiving specification of a plurality of portions of first content stored in a first format, the specification identifying beginning and ending frames for each portion; and building a list comprising a starting mark and ending mark for each selected portion of first content, the list for use in accessing corresponding portions of the same content stored as second content in a second format, wherein the first content is stored in a first storage medium and the second content is stored in a second storage medium wherein the second storage medium is a slower access storage medium than the first storage medium; determining an offset between the starting mark of one of the selected portions of said first content and a second starting mark of said corresponding portion of said second content; and synchronizing said first content and second content based on said offset.