Media management system and process

摘要

A system and method for managing a plurality content items employs an ingest station which may digitize the content items, generate metadata corresponding to each of the content items, and store the metadata and the content items in a storage medium or mediums. The content items may be audio content, video content, or audio/video content. The system and method may provide an association between the metadata and a corresponding content item to facilitate retrieval of the content item. The content items may be retrieved, at least in part, by searching the metadata and employing the association between the metadata and a corresponding content item to locate the desired content item.

主权项

1. A method for managing a plurality of content items comprising:
automatically generating metadata corresponding to at least one content item of the plurality of content items when the at least one content item is copied for archiving, wherein the metadata comprises metadata matrix including information about the at least one content item and a format of the at least one content item, the format including sample rate, bit depth, and sync source; archiving the at least one content item; linking the metadata with the at least one content item using a virtual link including sort codes, wherein the sort codes enable the virtual link of the metadata with the at least on content item to be sorted; and storing the linked metadata and the virtual link for retrieval of the at least one content item.