System and method for compiling and playing a multi-channel video

1. A method for compiling a plurality of video segments comprising:

defining an event;

providing a multi-user video aggregation interface;

receiving the plurality of video segments through the aggregation interface;

determining event-synchronized alignment of the plurality of video segments through aligning the plurality of video segments according to a unified audio signal of the plurality of video segments, comprising:

characterizing an identifier of each video segment of the plurality of video segments;

correlating the video segment identifiers by comparing a peak correlation coefficient against a threshold correlation coefficient, wherein the peak correlation coefficient is selected from a plurality of correlation coefficients; and

determining whether the peak correlation coefficient is greater than the threshold correlation coefficient, wherein the peak correlation coefficient greater than the threshold correlation coefficient substantially proves a relationship between at least two video segments of the plurality of video segments;

assembling a multi-channel video file of the event by compiling the at least two video segments that have at least partially overlapping event-synchronized alignment, thereby forming a plurality of overlapping video segments;

displaying currently available video channels in a channel selection interface based on at least one of author, location, quality, rating, or suitable property of the plurality of video segments;

categorizing and grouping a plurality of non-overlapping video segments in the channel selection interface, wherein the plurality of non-overlapping video segments are formed by portions of the at least two video segments having no common event-synchronized alignment; and

providing channel selection of both the plurality of overlapping video segments and the plurality of non-overlapping video segments.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein defining an event includes:

creating an event resource; and

adding participants to the event resource,

wherein the received plurality of video segments are captured by the participants.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein providing a multi-user video aggregation interface comprises providing a participant application configured to transmit a video segment captured by a participant to a server of the video aggregation interface.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising,

at the participant application, tracking actions of a participant;

automatically generating participant directions based on tracked actions; and

coordinating participant communication to the participant application, which comprises communicating the generated participant directions to at least one participant application.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein tracking actions comprises

tracking participant location, quality of captured video segments, and current video capture state.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein receiving a plurality of video segments comprises receiving at least one video segment through a video stream transmitted by the participant application.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aggregation interface is a search interface that comprises receiving a search input of a user; and

wherein receiving a plurality of video segments through the aggregation interface comprises selecting video content based on the search input.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the multi-channel video file configured with at least two video segments is configured to point to a video stream source.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the aggregation interface is a file upload interface.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining event-synchronized alignment of the plurality of video segments further comprises:

aligning the plurality of video segments based on the correlated video segment identifiers.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a characterized identifier is a hash token extracted from the spectrogram peaks of the audio signal.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein providing a multi-user video aggregation interface comprises providing a participant application configured to transmit a video segment captured by a participant to a server of the video aggregation interface.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising receiving a new video segment; and

augmenting the synchronized alignment of at least one video segment of the multi-channel video file.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining event-synchronized alignment further includes synchronizing the timestamps of the plurality of video segments along a single timeline.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of video segments of the multi-channel video file are configured in a media data representation within the multi-channel video file.

16. A method comprising:

defining an event resource;

adding at least a first participant and a second participant to the event resource;

providing a participant application to at least the first participant and the second participant;

receiving a first video segment transmitted from the participant application of the first participant to a multi-channel service;

receiving a second video segment transmitted from the participant application of the second participant to the multi-channel service;

determining event-synchronized alignment of at least the first video segment and the second video segment through aligning at least the first video segment and the second video segment according to a unified audio signals, comprising:

characterizing an identifier of at least the first video segment and the second video segment;

correlating the identifier of the first video segment and the second video segment by comparing a peak correlation coefficient against a threshold correlation coefficient, wherein the peak correlation coefficient is selected from a plurality of correlation coefficients; and

determining whether the peak correlation coefficient is greater than the threshold correlation coefficient, wherein the peak correlation coefficient greater than the threshold correlation coefficient substantially proves a relationship between the first video segment and the second video segment;

assembling a multi-channel video file by compiling the first video segment and the second video segment overlapping at least partially in the event-synchronized alignment, thereby forming a plurality of overlapping video segments;

displaying currently available video channels in a channel selection interface based on at least one of author, location, quality, rating, or suitable property of the first video segment and the second video segment;

categorizing and grouping a plurality of non-overlapping video segments in the channel selection interface, wherein the plurality of non-overlapping video segments are formed by portions of the first video segment and the second video segment having no event-synchronized alignment; and

providing channel selection of both the plurality of overlapping video segments and the plurality of non-overlapping video segments.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein determining event-synchronized alignment of at least the first video segment and the second video segment comprises:

determining an event-synchronized alignment of the first video segment and the second video segment based on the correlated identifier of the first video segment and the second video segment.