Patent ID: 8397164

Claim:
In a digital cinema system, the system having a received storage medium and a local storage medium, a method for loading media, the method comprising: prompting a user to present the received storage medium; responsive to the user specifying the received storage medium, displaying a list of image programs; responsive to the user specifying the image program, displaying a list of audio programs; responsive to the user specifying the audio program, determining how much storage space is required to store the selected image program and audio program on the local storage medium; displaying a feature disk field showing a capacity of a first segment of the specified local storage medium designated for a feature and an other disk field showing a capacity of a second segment of the specified local storage medium designated for non-feature related images and audio; if the storage space required on the local storage medium is insufficient to load the selected image and audio programs, displaying a warning indicative of insufficient storage space; and authenticating each selected program.