Patent ID: 7457515

Claim:
A method of quickly and securely recording a selected digitally encoded AV (Audio/Video) data record from a first digital data store to an AVDDM (Audio/Video Distributable Data Medium) which enables the AV data record to be read on more than one device, the method comprising the steps of: (a) reading a discrete portion of the selected AV data record from the first digital data store; (b) digitally decoding the read discrete portion of the selected AV data record subsequent to the reading step; (c) storing temporarily the decoded discrete portion of the selected AV data record that has been read from the first digital data store, into a second digital data store; (d) transferring the read decoded discrete portion from the second store to an AVDDM recorder; (e) recording the read decoded discrete portion onto the AVDDM; and (f) sequentially repeating the steps (a) to (e) for each discrete portion of the selected AV data record until all the portions of the selected AV data record have been recorded onto the AVDDM, wherein at least the storing and recording are carried out simultaneously for different discrete portions of the selected AV data record.