Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for processing coded video data stored on removable storage media. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a system manger configured to receive inputs from a user of the system and, in response to the inputs, to read organizational structure information stored on a removable storage medium. The system manager is further configured to identify a set of coded video data stored on the removable storage medium based on the inputs and the organizational structure information. The system manager is further configured to retrieve instructions from a decoding application stored on the removable storage medium and to transmit the instructions to a processing element configured to receive the instructions transmitted by the system manager. The processing element is configured to execute the instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by the processing element decodes the set of coded video data into decoded video data.

Abstract: An optical medium for storing digital data thereon comprising a sequence of binary indicators on a first layer, a reflective layer disposed on the first layer, and a photosensitive layer disposed on the reflective layer, the reflective layer disposed between the first layer and the photosensitive layer, the photosensitive layer experiencing a perceivable loss of translucence upon exposure to a light source is provided. A method of reading data from an optical medium having a sequence of indicators having a binary value assigned thereto comprising radiating light onto a surface of the optical medium having the sequence of binary indicators disposed thereon through a photosensitive material disposed over the sequence and causing the translucence of the photosensitive material to decrease, detecting light reflected from the surface of the optical medium, and interpreting the reflected light as a binary value.