Patent ID: 8543560

Claim:
A system for generating audio/video material, comprising: 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 including 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 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 storage device configured to receive said audio/video material, a portable device configured to receive said metadata, and a user controlled processing device connectable to said audio/video storage device and to said portable device and configured to process the video material using the resolution of the video material indicated by the indication of the resolution provided in said metadata.