The MediamaticsTM NDV8501 DVD on a Chip Processor provides next generation features and cost effective system integration for Universal DVD Players and Internet connected Players/Recorders. Integration of an industry standard RISC processor architecture operating at high performance levels allows system developers to combine the ease of C based application coding with flexible system extensions unavailable in other platforms. This processor can be equally applied to DVD-Video & DVD-Audio playback, DVD recordable solutions, Hard Disk Drive based recordable solutions and Internet Appliance products.