Audio and video management for parallel transcoding

A method comprising:

• accessing a media file, the media file comprising a video stream and an audio stream, the video stream being associated with a set of original video time stamps, the audio stream being associated with a set of original audio time stamps;
• assigning at least a portion of a plurality of pictures in the video stream respective video time stamps based at least upon a time base;
• assigning at least a portion of a plurality of audio frames in the audio stream respective audio time stamps based at least upon the time base;
• dividing the video stream into a plurality of video segments;
• transcoding, using a plurality of video transcoder devices, at least a portion of the plurality of video segments in parallel to generate a transcoded video stream;
• transcoding the audio stream to generate a transcoded audio stream;
• and
• aligning the transcoded audio stream to the transcoded video stream based at least upon the original video time stamps and the video time stamps or based at least upon the original audio time stamps and the audio time stamps.

A system, comprising:

• a transcode manager configured to:
• access a bit stream of a media file from a memory, the bit stream comprising a series of video frames and a series of audio frames;
• detect a discontinuity in the bit stream, the discontinuity being associated with a shift within a plurality of time stamps;
• determine a magnitude of the discontinuity;
• facilitate an alignment of at least a portion of the series of audio frames to the series of video frames according to at least the discontinuity and the magnitude of the discontinuity;
• and
• divide the series of video frames into a plurality of video segments, wherein the plurality of video transcoder devices is configured to transcode at least a portion of the plurality of video segments in parallel.