Exemplary embodiments of the present invention are directed to a data
storage device and associated method for reproducing a stored data stream
with at least one data storage media having addressable storage locations
storing data segments and pointers. The data segments define the stored
data stream, and the pointers indicate addressable storage locations for
other segments in the stored data stream. Each pointer includes a field
for identifying whether the data stored includes the addressable storage
location of the segment indicated by the pointer. A controller is
responsive to the data segments for reproducing a stored data stream in
accordance with an autonomously-defined sequence determined by the
pointers.
