Generation and use of user-selected scenes playlist from distributed digital content

A method comprising:

• receiving, by at least one server, a playlist and an identifier for audio-video content from a remote player device, wherein the playlist comprises a list of time values from a timeline of the audio-video content indicating a sampling sequence selected at the remote player device in response to input from an input device;
• and
• enabling, by the at least one server, generation of one or more audio-video clips based on the playlist including a portion of the audio-video content in response to user input, subject to a restriction that total play time of the playlist is not longer than at least one of a specified percentage of the digital audio-video data or a fixed maximum time.

An apparatus comprising a processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding an executable application, wherein executing the application by the processor causes the server to:

• receive a playlist comprising a list of start/stop time values for a timeline of audio-video content and an identifier for the audio-video content from a remote player device, wherein the playlist comprises a list of time values from a timeline of the audio-video content indicating a sampling sequence selected at the remote player device in response to input from an input device;
• and
• generate one or more audio-video clips based on the playlist including a portion of the audio-video content in response to user input, subject to a restriction that total play time of the playlist is not longer than at least one of a specified percentage of the digital audio-video data or a fixed maximum time.