Event Source Content and Remote Content Synchronization

A method of replacing or augmenting first device recorded audio content by second device recorded audio content in media content recorded by the first device, the media content comprising the audio content recorded by the first device and video content recorded by the first device, the method comprising the steps of:

• replacing or augmenting the audio content of the media content with a received portion of the audio content recorded or provided by the second device by compiling the received portion of the audio content with the video content of the media content;
• wherein the method includes obtaining tag data and/or fingerprint data for the audio content of the media content by:
• determining a plurality of hash values based on frequency peaks of the audio content of the media content.

The method as claimed in 13, wherein any matching metrics of the stored instances of second device recorded or provided audio content are ranked to determine which stored instance of second device recorded or provided audio content comprises the matched portion of the audio content recorded or provided by the second device or comprises a best matched portion of the audio content recorded or provided by the second device.

A method of replacing or augmenting first device recorded audio content by second device recorded audio content in media content recorded by the first device, the media content comprising the audio content recorded by the first device and video content recorded by the first device, the method comprising the steps of:

• replacing or augmenting the audio content of the media content with a received portion of the audio content recorded or provided by the second device by compiling the received portion of the audio content with the video content of the media content;
• wherein, prior to performing an audio/acoustic tag and/or fingerprint search to match the audio content of said media content with a portion of audio content recorded or provided by the second device, obtaining one or more feature vectors from the audio content of the media content, and using said one or more feature vectors to reduce a size of a search of stored instances of audio content recorded or provided by one or more second devices.

(canceled)

A method of compiling first device recorded video content of an event with second device recorded audio content of the event, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving a portion of the audio content recorded by the second device and compiling the received portion of the audio content with the video content recorded by the first device;
• wherein the method includes compensating for an amount of timing misalignment between the received portion of the audio content and the video content recorded by the first device.