Patent ID: 7331869

Claim:
A method comprising: executing a game application and playing a first soundtrack on a gaming system, wherein the first soundtrack is associated with the gaming application; receiving a request to select a different soundtrack; displaying a selectable list of soundtracks which are accessible by the gaming system, the selectable list including one or more soundtracks created by a user apart from the game application using a console application to choose from among a plurality of sources for audio files to create the soundtracks by copying selected audio files to a mass storage component of the gaming system, such that audio files of each soundtrack are accessible from the mass storage component to: playback directly using a media player component of the console application; and playback during execution of associated game applications; determining a new soundtrack selected by a user via the list to be played, wherein the new soundtrack is not associated with the game application and has not previously been associated with the game application by a user; assigning the new soundtrack to the gaming application, wherein the new soundtrack is played by default instead of a default soundtrack provided with the game application; and continuing execution of the game application and playing the new soundtrack on the gaming system, wherein the new soundtrack is stored on and played from the mass storage component.