A system comprising a plurality of media devices; a plurality of data collectors coupled with the plurality of media devices; a media studio; and a computing device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to: establish, for a recording event, one or more communications channels associated with each of the plurality of media devices; receive data from a plurality of data collectors coupled with the plurality of media devices in association with the plurality of media devices capturing a plurality of media input items for the recording event, the data indicating, for each of the plurality of media input items, a quality of the respective media input item; determine, based on the data, rankings of the plurality of media input items, the rankings indicating respective preference levels for including each of the plurality of media input items in a media output item; select one or more of the media input items as candidates for inclusion in the media output item based at least in part on the rankings; and instruct the respective media input devices to provide the selected media input items to the media studio for generation, by the media studio, of a media output item from the one or more of the media input items. a plurality of media devices; a plurality of data collectors coupled with the plurality of media devices; a media studio; and a computing device including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor such that the processor is programmed to: establish, for a recording event, one or more communications channels associated with each of the plurality of media devices; receive data from a plurality of data collectors coupled with the plurality of media devices in association with the plurality of media devices capturing a plurality of media input items for the recording event, the data indicating, for each of the plurality of media input items, a quality of the respective media input item; determine, based on the data, rankings of the plurality of media input items, the rankings indicating respective preference levels for including each of the plurality of media input items in a media output item; select one or more of the media input items as candidates for inclusion in the media output item based at least in part on the rankings; and instruct the respective media input devices to provide the selected media input items to the media studio for generation, by the media studio, of a media output item from the one or more of the media input items. establish, for a recording event, one or more communications channels associated with each of the plurality of media devices; receive data from a plurality of data collectors coupled with the plurality of media devices in association with the plurality of media devices capturing a plurality of media input items for the recording event, the data indicating, for each of the plurality of media input items, a quality of the respective media input item; determine, based on the data, rankings of the plurality of media input items, the rankings indicating respective preference levels for including each of the plurality of media input items in a media output item; select one or more of the media input items as candidates for inclusion in the media output item based at least in part on the rankings; and instruct the respective media input devices to provide the selected media input items to the media studio for generation, by the media studio, of a media output item from the one or more of the media input items.