Audio and/or video generation apparatus and method of generating audio and/or video signals

An audio and/or video generation apparatus configured to generate audio and/or video material representative of an audio and/or visual source, said audio and/or video generation apparatus comprising:

• a recording unit configured to record audio and/or video signals representing said audio and/or video material on a recording medium, and
• a metadata generation unit, including a processor, configured to receive said audio and/or video signals, and to generate metadata automatically in response to said audio and/or video signals, wherein said metadata includes location data representative of a location of edit points of one or more parts of the audio/video material, and said metadata includes an indication of a resolution of the video material,
• an audio/video connection unit connectable to an audio/video storage device, wherein when connected to the audio/video storage device, the audio/video connection unit is configured to feed the audio/video material to the audio/video storage device;
• and
• a metadata database connection unit connectable to a portable device, wherein when connected to the portable device, the metadata database connection unit is configured to feed said metadata to the portable device.

A method for generating audio/video material, the method comprising:

• generating audio and/or video material representative of an audio and/or visual source;
• recording audio and/or video signals representing said audio and/or video material on a recording medium;
• receiving said audio and/or video signals;
• and
• generating metadata automatically in response to said audio and/or video signals, wherein said metadata includes location data representative of a location of edit points of one or more parts of the audio/video material, and said metadata includes an indication of a resolution of the video material.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program having computer executable instructions, which when loaded on to a data processor causes the data processor to perform a method of generating audio and/or video material representative of an audio and/or visual source, said method comprising:

• generating audio and/or video material representative of an audio and/or visual source;
• recording audio and/or video signals representing said audio and/or video material on a recording medium;
• receiving said audio and/or video signals;
• and
• generating metadata automatically in response to said audio and/or video signals, wherein said metadata includes location data representative of a location of edit points of one or more parts of the audio/video material, and said metadata includes an indication of a resolution of the video material.