Parallel echo version of media content for comment creation and delivery

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer-executable code for associating comments with playback of media content at a first device, the code executable by a processor to:

• record, using a camera or microphone at the first device, an audio or visual sample of a first version of media content being played on a second device, wherein the first version of the media content comprises a plurality of visual elements;
• obtain, at the first device, a second version of the media content based on the audio or visual sample, wherein the second version of the media content comprises:
• a subset of the plurality of visual elements, and
• at least one other visual element in place of at least one corresponding visual element of the plurality of visual elements, wherein the at least one corresponding visual element included in the first version of the media content comprises a plurality of visual objects having outlines, a first set of features within the outlines, and a second set of features within the outlines, and wherein the at least one other visual element included in the second version of the media content is a downgraded version of the at least one corresponding visual element included in the first version, the at least one other visual element consisting of the outlines of the plurality of visual objects and the first set of features;
• receive, at the first device, a selection of a point within or a portion of the second version of the media content;
• receive, at the first device, a comment associated with the selected point within or the selected portion of the second version of the media content;
• and
• associate the received comment with a point within or the portion of the first version of the media content corresponding to the selected point within or the selected portion of the second version of the media content.

A method of associating comments with playback of media content, the method comprising:

• recording, using a camera or microphone at a first device, an audio or visual sample of a first version of media content being played on a second device, wherein the first version of the media content comprises a plurality of visual elements;
• obtaining, at the first device, a second version of the media content based on the audio or visual sample, wherein the second version of the media content comprises:
• a subset of the plurality of visual elements, and
• at least one other visual element in place of at least one corresponding visual element of the plurality of visual elements, wherein the at least one corresponding visual element included in the first version of the media content comprises a plurality of visual objects having outlines, a first set of features within the outlines, and a second set of features within the outlines, and wherein the at least one other visual element included in the second version of the media content is a downgraded version of the at least one corresponding visual element included in the first version, the at least one other visual element consisting of the outlines of the plurality of visual objects and the first set of features;
• determining, at the first device, a current point in the second version of the media content;
• and
• displaying, at the first device, a comment or an indicator of the comment associated with a point in the first version of the media content corresponding to the current point in the second version of the media content provided at the first device.