Synchronizing data between personal and timecode devices

A method for acquiring media of the same event from multiple devices, the method comprising:

• providing a personal device configured to receive and decode SMPTE timecode data,
• synchronizing, using at least one timecode module configured to receive SMPTE timecode data over a wireless network, the personal device and a professional device;
• acquiring media data with the synchronized devices;
• associating the SMPTE timecode data with the acquired media data by embedding the SMPTE timecode data into the acquired media data in order to process the media data;
• and
• providing at least a portion of the media data to a social media platform such that multiple users can share and utilize media data acquired from the same event by merging acquired media data from the personal device with the acquired media data from the professional device, the merging being based, at least in part, on the SMPTE timecode data.