Patent ID: 7770199

Claim:
A method of playing a rich media file, wherein a first part of said file is on a fast access memory device and a second part of said file is on a slow access memory device; the method comprising: readying said slow access memory device for playing; playing, by a playing apparatus having a processor, an output derived from said first part from said fast access memory device while said slow access memory device is readied for playing; playing, by the playing apparatus, an output derived from said second part from said slow access memory device, wherein the output derived from said first part from said fast access memory device is provided to a first input of a switch, and wherein the output derived from said second part from said slow access memory device is provided to a second input of the switch; and synchronizing said playing of said outputs derived from said first part and said second part so said outputs derived from said first and said second parts play contiguously, wherein the synchronizing includes operating the switch to select between the output derived from said first part and the output derived from said second part.