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A program controlled machine wherein signals produced in response to execution of programs control operation of machine devices includes a control for storage, retrieval and presentation of audio/video information. The control includes devices for presentation of audio/video information and stored p

A program controlled machine wherein signals produced in response to execution of programs control operation of machine devices includes a control for storage, retrieval and presentation of audio/video information. The control includes devices for presentation of audio/video information and stored programs including programs for enabling storage of audio/video information files while the machine is in a manual mode of operation and programs for controlling the presentation by the audio/video presentation devices of selected audio/video information from the stored files. The control provides facilities for recording audio/video information and for manually controlled presentation of audio/video information as well as for automatic presentation of audio/video information in response to detection of occurrence of a particular event.

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A program controlled machine wherein signals produced in response to execution of programs control operation of machine devices includes a control for storage, retrieval and presentation of audio/video information. The control includes devices for presentation of audio/video information and stored p

A program controlled machine wherein signals produced in response to execution of programs control operation of machine devices includes a control for storage, retrieval and presentation of audio/video information. The control includes devices for presentation of audio/video information and stored programs including programs for enabling storage of audio/video information files while the machine is in a manual mode of operation and programs for controlling the presentation by the audio/video presentation devices of selected audio/video information from the stored files. The control provides facilities for recording audio/video information and for manually controlled presentation of audio/video information as well as for automatic presentation of audio/video information in response to detection of occurrence of a particular event. mpressed format. 11. The video server system of claim 10 wherein the compressed format is MPEG. 12. The video server system of claim 11 wherein orphaned P-Frames and B-Frames at the beginning of each played back movie segment are eliminated. 13. The video server system of claim 12 wherein a set top box is used to decode the movie and wherein the elimination of the orphaned P-Frames and B-Frames occurs in the set top box. 14. The video server system of claim 12 wherein said storage device and/or said controller prevent(s) orphaned P-Frames and B-Frames from being read from said storage device. 15. The video server system of claim 14 wherein I-Frames are recorded on said storage device and wherein a header is recorder on said storage device to delineate the location of each I-Frame. 16. The video server system of claim 1, wherein said plurality of consecutive frames without a reference frame are eliminated. 17. A method of playing back a movie regardless of its content from a video server at a higher than recorded speed upon receipt of and in response to a single request to play back the movie at a higher than recorded speed comprising the steps of: receiving a single request to playback the movie at a higher than recorded speed; and playing back a sequential set of substantially adjacent segments of substantially the same length of the movie with an alternating series of intervening movie segments of substantially the same length omitted therefrom upon receipt of and in response to the single request to play back the movie at a higher than recorded speed, wherein said adjacent movie segments comprise a plurality of consecutive frames of said movie including at least one I-frame, B-frame and P-frame such that a first frame of said plurality of consecutive frames of said adjacent movie segments comprises an I-frame, and wherein said alternating series of intervening movie segments is omitted from said sequential set of adjacent movie segments during the playback, regardless of the content of said alternating series of intervening movie segments, and further wherein B-frames and P-frames without a reference frame are omitted from said sequential set of adjacent movie segments.