System and method for synchronizing metadata with audiovisual content

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a first digital device, video data;
• scanning, at the first digital device, video content of the video data for visual transitions within the video content between consecutive frames of the video data, each transition indicating significant visual transitions relative to other frames of the video data;
• retrieving, at the first digital device, a different time for each visual transition to timestamp each visual transition and create a first set of temporal video fingerprints, each of the first set of temporal video fingerprints being relative to a different visual transition and the retrieved time;
• identifying, at the first digital device, items of metadata to be associated with the video data;
• identifying, at the first digital device, a location within the video data using the temporal video fingerprints for the identified items of metadata;
• generating, at the first digital device, a metadata index identifying each item of metadata and a location for each item of metadata relative to the video data using at least one of the temporal video fingerprints;
• and
• transmitting, at the first digital device, the video data, the first set of temporal video fingerprints, and the metadata index to a different digital device.