Patent ID: 8750673

Claim:
A system comprising: a processing unit; and a storage device communicably coupled to the processing unit, the storage device comprising a hard disk drive which comprises a head and a disk; wherein the processing unit is provided with computer implemented instructions to: receive a content stream comprising an audio component and a video component, wherein the content stream further comprises volume data and timing data relating to the audio component; and instruct the storage device to carry out read/write operations of the hard disk drive based, at least in part, on the volume data and the timing data; identify a plurality of audio segments of the audio component, wherein a plurality of the identified segments correspond to at least one of periods of silence, periods of relatively high volume, periods of relatively low volume, periods of maximum volume, and periods of minimum volume; instruct the head to cease movement for non-critical read/write operations during periods of relatively low volume and periods of silence; and instruct the head to move at relatively low acceleration/deceleration rates or move at minimum acceleration/deceleration rates for critical read/write operations during periods of relatively low volume and periods of silence.