Streaming digital recording system

A method for producing digital image video comprising the steps of:

• recording image data by one or more recording devices controlled by a video recorder object;
• storing recorded image data to a first memory;
• monitoring the first memory with a streaming object which also controls streaming the image data to a digital storage device;
• and
• writing the streaming image data to a recordable data storage medium in the digital storage device.

A computer-readable medium of instructions, comprising

• means for recording and formatting digital image data;
• means for storing captured digital image data in a first memory;
• means for monitoring the first memory with a streaming object, the streaming object producing streaming data;
• and
• means for writing the streaming data to an optical recording device to be written onto an optical data storage medium by the optical storage device.

A system for capturing a digital record of a surgical procedure the system comprising:

• a video recorder for recording digital image information of a surgical procedure;
• a video recorder object for controlling digital image data acquisition functions of the video recorder;
• a first memory operative to receive and hold the digital image information recorded by the video recorder, and
• a streaming object which controls transfer of the digital image information from the first memory to a digital storage device.