System and method for direct recording of audio, video and/or images for easy access and editing

A method for direct digital recording, comprising the steps of:

• receiving input media data from an input media capture device by a physical layer, the physical layer being capable of receiving asynchronous transactions and isochronous transactions;
• receiving data from the physical layer by a logics chip;
• converting the isochronous transactions received from the physical layer to asynchronous transactions for transmission to a link layer by the logics chip;
• transmitting asynchronous transactions from the logics chip to the link layer;
• converting the asynchronous transactions received from the logics chip to data in a computer readable file system format by the link layer;
• and
• receiving and storing the computer readable file system format data from the link layer into a storage media in a storage.

A method for accessing data stored in a direct digital recording system by an access device, comprising the steps of:

• receiving computer readable file system format data from a storage media in a storage via a link layer;
• converting the retrieved computer readable data to asynchronous data by the link layer;
• transmitting asynchronous data from the link layer to a logics chip;
• selectively converting any portion of the asynchronous data to isochronous data by the logics chip;
• transmitting any unconverted asynchronous data and any converted isochronous data from the logics chip to a physical layer;
• and
• receiving data from the physical layer for display on the access device.