Method and device for transmitting audio and video for playback

A non-transitory, machine-readable media, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations at a multimedia processing device, the operations comprising:

• receiving a live presentation of video content of a multimedia stream received from a first source;
• receiving a live presentation of audio content of an audio stream received from a second source, wherein a first service provider of the video content of the multimedia stream differs from a second service provider of the audio content of the audio stream;
• presenting the live presentation of video content and the live presentation of the audio content;
• receiving, at a first time during the live presentation of the video content, a first input based on a first manipulation of a user interface to identify a visual aspect of an event observable in the video content at the first time that the visual aspect is rendered, wherein the first manipulation comprises a first depression of at least one button at a remote control in communication with the multimedia processing device wherein the first manipulation indicates occurrence of the visual aspect at the first time;
• and
• receiving, at a second time during the live presentation of the audio content, a second input based on a second manipulation of the user interface to identify an audible aspect of the audio stream that is associated with the event observable in the video content at the second time that the audible aspect is rendered, wherein the second manipulation comprises a second depression of the at least one button at the remote control in communication with the multimedia processing device, wherein the second manipulation indicates occurrence of the audible aspect at the second time, wherein the audio stream is provided separately from the multimedia stream, wherein the audio stream and the multimedia stream are associated with common subject matter, wherein the audio stream received from the second source comprises a radio broadcast over the Internet without the video content;
• determining a time difference between the first time and the second time;
• and
• synchronizing the live presentation the video content and the live presentation of the audio content by offsetting, according to the time difference, the live presentation of the video content relative to the live presentation of the audio content by buffering the live presentation of the video content or the live presentation of the audio content according to the time difference to effectuate synchronization of the live presentation of the video content and the live presentation of the audio content.

An offset control system for a multimedia processing device, the offset control system comprising:

• a controller comprising a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitates performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving a live presentation of video content of a multimedia stream received from a first source;
• receiving a live presentation of audio content of an audio stream received from a second source, wherein a first service provider of the video content of the multimedia stream differs from a second service provider of the audio content of the audio stream;
• presenting the live presentation of video content and the live presentation of the audio content;
• receiving, at a first time during the live presentation of the video content, a first input based on a first manipulation of a user interface to identify a visual aspect of an event observable in the video content at the first time that the visual aspect is rendered, wherein the first manipulation comprises a first depression of at least one button at a remote control in communication with the multimedia processing device, wherein the first manipulation indicates occurrence of the visual aspect at the first time;
• receiving, at a second time during the live presentation of the audio content, a second input based on a second manipulation of the user interface to identify an audible aspect of the audio stream that is associated with the event observable in the video content at the second time that the audible aspect is rendered, wherein the second manipulation comprises a second depression of the at least one button at the remote control in communication with the multimedia processing device, wherein the second manipulation indicates occurrence of the audible aspect at the second time, wherein the audio stream is provided to the media processing device separately from the multimedia stream, and wherein the event is common to subject matter of both the multimedia stream and the audio stream, wherein the audio stream received from the second source comprises a radio broadcast over the Internet without the video content;
• determining a time difference between the first time and the second time;
• and
• synchronizing the live presentation of the video content and the live presentation of the audio content by offsetting, according to the time difference, the live presentation of the video content relative to the live presentation of the audio content by buffering the live presentation of the video content or the live presentation of the audio content according to the time difference, to effectuate synchronization of the live presentation of the video content and the live presentation of the audio content.