Abstract: The system and method of the invention operate to combine multimedia data with audio data from a compact disc, where the multimedia data is provided from a source separate from the compact disc. The separately supplied multimedia data and audio data from the compact disc are provided as inputs to a computer programmed to establish a linkage between the multimedia data and one or more selected portions of the compact disc audio data. The invention operates to establish and maintain a desired synchronous relationship between the multimedia data and the selected audio data. An output of the computer will be provided to audio and visual interface devices so as to provide an audio-visual representation of the synchronized audio and multimedia data for a user. In an exemplary embodiment, the multimedia data will be provided from a source accessed via the World Wide Web and the audio data will be extracted from the compact disc via a CD ROM player associated with the computer.