Methods and systems for instantaneous asynchronous media sharing

A method of sharing media asynchronously, comprising:

• establishing a communication channel between a user device and a server;
• receiving by the server, through the communication channel from the user device, a media stream object containing a recording initiated on the user device, wherein the recording is received as it is recorded on the user device, and wherein the recording is received in smaller segmented chunks by the server at discrete intervals;
• generating a complete metadata atom of the recording in real-time as the media stream object is received by the server by updating the complete metadata atom as each smaller segmented chunk of the recording is received by the server at the discrete intervals;
• storing the recording and the complete metadata atom to permanent storage as the recording is received;
• receiving a publication request from the user device, wherein the publication request is received from the user device at a publication request time;
• and
• in response to receiving the publication request, making the recording accessible to one or more viewers by generating, from the recording, a complete video file containing the complete metadata atom ready for download by the one or more viewers, wherein the complete metadata atom is a metadata atom for the complete video file enabling the complete video file to be immediately viewable.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for sharing media asynchronously, the storage medium comprising program code stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• establish a communication channel between a user device and a server;
• receive by the server, through the communication channel from the user device, a media stream object containing a recording initiated on the user device, wherein the recording is received as it is recorded on the user device, and wherein the recording is received in smaller segmented chunks by the server at discrete intervals;
• generate a complete metadata atom of the recording in real-time as the media stream object is received by the server by updating the complete metadata atom as each smaller segmented chunk of the recording is received by the server at the discrete intervals;
• store the recording and the complete metadata atom to permanent storage as the recording is received;
• initiate a post-processing pipeline to post-process the recording as the recording is received;
• receive a publication request from the user device, wherein the publication request is received from the user device at a publication request time;
• and
• in response to receiving the publication request, make the recording accessible to one or more viewers by generating, from a post-processed recording, a complete video file containing the complete metadata atom ready for download by the one or more viewers, wherein the complete metadata atom is a metadata atom for the complete video file enabling the complete video file to be immediately viewable.