Media playback control that correlates experiences of multiple users

A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a computing system, provides processing of audio visual content, the program product comprising:

• program code for selecting a content item and filtering the content item during playback based on filtering parameters;
• program code that identifies members of an audience intended to view the content item and obtains user attributes of each member of the audience;
• and
• program code that calculates the filtering parameters based on the user attributes and metadata tags associated with the content item, wherein the metadata tags are obtained from a remote metadata repository that generates metadata tags from feedback obtained from participating system users, wherein the feedback includes controller behavior of other system users, wherein the feedback includes a mental state of other system users in a social network of a member.

A method of processing of audio visual content, the method comprising:

• selecting a content item;
• identifying members of an audience intended to view the content item;
• obtaining user attributes of each member of the audience;
• calculating filtering parameters based on the user attributes and metadata tags associated with the content item, wherein the metadata tags are obtained from a remote metadata repository that generates metadata tags from feedback obtained from participating system users, wherein the feedback includes controller behavior of other system users, wherein the feedback includes a mental state of other system users in a social network of a member;
• and
• filtering the content item during playback based on the filtering parameters.