System and method for automatically creating a media archive from content on a recording medium
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1. A media player for creating a media archive, comprising:
- a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader;
an archival component to store the media content in a storage medium;
a playback component to play back the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the archival of the media content in the storage medium; and
a user interface presented on a display comprising an input to receive a single command to initiate concurrent playback and archival of the media content from the recording medium;
wherein the archival component is to track which portions of the media content have been stored on the storage medium using a data allocation map (DAM) comprising a plurality of indicators, wherein each of the DAM indicators indicates whether a respective portion of the media content has been stored on the storage medium; and
wherein the playback component navigates from a first location in the media content to a second location in the media content, and wherein the playback component is to determine whether the second location in the media content has been stored in the storage medium using the DAM.
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Abstract
A media player for creating a media archive may include a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader. The media player may also include an archival component to store the media content in a storage medium. In one embodiment, the media player includes a playback component to play back the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the storage of the media content by the archival component.
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1. A media player for creating a media archive, comprising:
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a media reader to read media content from a recording medium inserted into the media reader; an archival component to store the media content in a storage medium; a playback component to play back the media content from the storage medium concurrently with the archival of the media content in the storage medium; and a user interface presented on a display comprising an input to receive a single command to initiate concurrent playback and archival of the media content from the recording medium; wherein the archival component is to track which portions of the media content have been stored on the storage medium using a data allocation map (DAM) comprising a plurality of indicators, wherein each of the DAM indicators indicates whether a respective portion of the media content has been stored on the storage medium; and wherein the playback component navigates from a first location in the media content to a second location in the media content, and wherein the playback component is to determine whether the second location in the media content has been stored in the storage medium using the DAM. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for creating a media archive, comprising:
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reading media content from a recording medium inserted into a media reader; archiving the media content in a storage medium, wherein archiving comprises maintaining a data allocation map (DAM) comprising a plurality of indicators, each indicating whether a respective portion of the media content has been archived on the storage medium; and playing back the media content from the storage medium concurrently with archiving the media content in the storage medium; wherein archiving further comprises tracking which portions of the media content have been stored on the storage medium using a data allocation map (DAM) comprising a plurality of indicators, wherein each of the DAM indicators indicates whether a respective portion of the media content has been stored on the storage medium; and wherein playing back further comprises navigating from a first location in the media content to a second location in the media content and determining whether the second location in the media content has been stored in the storage medium using the DAM. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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