Patent ID: 8010649

Claim:
A method of processing a multi-media editing project comprising: receiving one or more multi-media files from a network-accessible location; locally storing the one or more multi-media files in a local user-designated directory on a user computer for use in a multi-media editing project, wherein said user-designated directory can be designated by a user specifying a path name for said user-designated directory; updating a list of local user-designated directories that contain or have contained multi-media files in the past in the event that the one or more multi-media files are stored in a local user-designated directory that is not contained in the list; responsive to receiving a request for a multi-media file that is maintained in the network-accessible location: first checking in all of the local user-designated directories on the list of local user-designated directories for the requested file; and second checking the network-accessible location for the requested file in the event the requested file is not found locally.