Synchronizing a client device with media content for scene-specific notifications

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for syncing a client device with media content for scene-specific notifications. A computing environment is employed to cause a sync to occur between a client device and media content being rendered by a media device using an audio signal or a video signal captured by the client device during a playback of the media content. A current scene of the media content being rendered on the media device is determined by comparing the audio signal or the video signal to at least one digital fingerprint stored in a data store. The computing environment then identifies content in a plurality of upcoming scenes occurring later in the playback than the current scene by analyzing at least one tag descriptive of the content in the plurality of upcoming scenes. If at least one of the upcoming scenes satisfies criteria predefined by a user of the client device, a command is sent to perform a notification event to be performed by the client device within a predefined temporal range of the at least one of the upcoming scenes.