Abstract: A method of transferring media files over a communications network, typically the Internet. The files are divided by the provider computer into a series of encoded files which are maintained in the provider computer and are transferred over the communications network in a specific sequence to receiving computer. A user loadable program is also maintained in the provided computer and that together with all file types contributing to the content of the communication are also transferred over the communications network to the receiving computer. The received files can then be reproduced by the receiving computer in the correct sequence.