Media Template Layout for Beat-Synced Video Creation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing messaging systems lack efficient methods for users to create and share media content items, such as videos, that incorporate preset audio tracks and customizable edits, leading to time-consuming and resource-intensive processes.
Innovation Solution
A system that allows a first user to create a template combining a preset audio track with media slots for user-selected videos/photos, along with defined edits, which can be used by a second user to generate media content items efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users manually create media content items with audio tracks and edits, then customization and creativity are improved, but time consumption and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing audio tracks, identifying beats and segments, and preparing edit templates in advance. This allows users to simply select from pre-prepared options rather than creating everything from scratch, reducing time consumption while maintaining customization through template selection and parameter adjustment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates reusable templates that can be copied and applied to multiple media content items. Once a template with audio track, beats, and edits is created, it can be reused across different videos and photos, significantly reducing the time and computational resources needed for each new content item while maintaining consistent customization.
2Adaptability or versatility
If complex edits and effects are applied to media content, then content quality and user engagement are improved, but computational resources and processing power increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs computationally intensive operations in advance, such as audio beat detection, segment identification, and edit template creation. By pre-processing these elements, the system reduces the computational burden during actual media content generation, allowing complex edits to be applied efficiently when users simply need to select and apply pre-prepared templates.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes parameters by converting continuous audio signals into discrete beat markers and segment boundaries. This parameter transformation allows complex audio processing to be represented as simple data structures that can be efficiently stored and reused in templates, reducing computational resources while maintaining content quality through precise beat synchronization.
3Ease of operation
If media content creation processes are simplified, then user engagement and accessibility are improved, but customization options and control reduce
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the media content creation process into distinct, manageable components: audio track selection, beat identification, media slot assignment, and template application. This segmentation makes the process easier to understand and use while maintaining customization options, as users can work with individual segments independently and combine them in various ways to achieve desired customization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-identifying beats and segments in audio tracks, and by creating editable templates with configurable parameters. This allows users to engage with simplified interfaces that present pre-processed options while still providing extensive customization through template parameter adjustment and media selection, balancing ease of operation with adaptability.
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Aspects of the present disclosure involve a system comprising a storage medium storing a program and method for providing a template for media content generation. The program and method provide for receiving, from a first device of a first user, an indication of first user input setting properties to create a template for combining user-selected media with an audio track, the properties specifying the audio track, a sequence of media slots, a duration for each media slot, and predefined edits for applying to the media slots; causing display of a user interface on a second device of a second user, the user interface for assigning a respective video or photo to each media slot; and receiving, from the second device, a media content item generated based on second user input provided via the user interface, the second user input assigning the respective video or photo to each media slot.