Patent ID: 7265776

Claim:
A process for storing and copying digital images or soundtracks downloaded from a memory unit of digital equipment comprising: acquiring the digital images or soundtracks from at least one of a digital camera, a digital video-camera, a mobile phone and a handheld computer into the memory unit; transferring contents of the memory unit of the digital equipment into a memory of a unit for storage and reproduction of the digital images or soundtracks; processing of the digital images or soundtracks; and reproducing the process digital images or soundtracks onto a support, said step of processing comprising: starting up a processor; checking to see if the memory unit is present; copying all of the digital images or soundtracks from the memory unit onto a hard disk; calculating a time required for the copying onto a CD; displaying the calculated time on a monitor; reading the digital images or soundtracks; copying the read digital images or soundtracks onto the CD; displaying a message on the monitor that the CD is ready; reading a type of video format that is chosen; proposing a soundtrack to the user; asking for a confirmation of the proposed soundtrack; reading the digital images and transporting the digital images chosen for a video; creating an mpeg movie with the chosen digital images and the soundtrack; saving the mpeg movie on the hard disk; and recording the saved mpeg movie onto the CD with a recording unit in a required video format, said unit for storage and reproduction having a monitor with a keyboard cooperative by a central processing unit therewith, said central processing unit having software controllably interactive therewith, said unit for storage and reproducing having a recording device suitable for recording on said support in a video CD format or a DVD format, said central processing unit cooperative with the hard disk or a network card.