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Segra’s clipping system lets you extract specific moments from your full session recordings and combine them into polished clips ready to share.

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How Clipping Works

The clipping workflow is simple and intuitive:
1

Open a session recording

Navigate to Sessions and click on any recorded session to open the video player.
2

Create selections

Drag on the timeline to create selection ranges. You can create multiple selections from the same video or even combine selections from different videos.
3

Review your selections

Selected clips appear in the bottom panel. You can preview, adjust, or delete any selection.
4

Create clip

Click Create Clip to process your selections into a final video file.

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Timeline Selection

The video timeline provides precise frame-accurate selection:

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Creating Selections

  1. Click and drag on the timeline to create a selection range
  2. Drag the handles on either end to adjust the start/end points
  3. Click in the middle of a selection to reposition your entire selection
  4. Use the scrubber to navigate and find exact moments
Bookmarks and game events (kills, deaths, goals) appear as markers on the timeline, making it easy to find important moments.

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Multi-Selection

You can create multiple selections from a single video:
  • Selections are automatically numbered and listed in the selection panel
  • Each selection can be previewed independently
  • Selections are combined in chronological order when creating the clip
  • Remove unwanted selections by clicking the delete icon

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Cross-Video Selection

Segra allows you to combine clips from multiple videos:
  1. Create selections from one video
  2. Navigate to a different video (from any session or game)
  3. Create additional selections
  4. All selections are preserved and can be combined into one clip
When combining clips from multiple games, the final clip is saved in a folder named after the first selection’s game.

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Clip Processing

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Quality Settings

Configure clip encoding in Settings > Clip Settings:

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Encoder

  • GPU (Recommended) - Hardware-accelerated encoding
    • NVIDIA: h264_nvenc, hevc_nvenc, av1_nvenc
    • AMD: h264_amf, hevc_amf, av1_amf
    • Intel: h264_qsv, hevc_qsv, av1_qsv
  • CPU - Software encoding (libx264, libx265)

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Codec

  • H.264 - Best compatibility, smaller file sizes
  • H.265 - Better compression, newer codec
  • AV1 - Cutting-edge compression (GPU-dependent)

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Quality

GPU Quality (0-51, lower = better):
  • High: 18-23
  • Standard: 23-28
  • Low: 28-35
CPU Quality (CRF) (0-51, lower = better):
  • High: 17-20
  • Standard: 20-23
  • Low: 23-28

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Preset

GPU Presets:
  • NVIDIA: p1 (fastest) to p7 (slowest, best quality)
  • AMD: quality, balanced, speed
  • Intel: veryfast, fast, medium, slow
CPU Presets:
  • ultrafast, superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium, slow, slower, veryslow
For quick social media clips, use GPU + H.264 + Standard quality with a fast preset. This produces small files quickly.

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Frame Rate

  • Original - Preserves the source video’s frame rate
  • 30 FPS - Good for casual content
  • 60 FPS - Smooth motion, recommended for gameplay
  • 120+ FPS - For high frame rate displays

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Audio Quality

  • 96k - Low quality, small files
  • 128k - Standard quality (recommended)
  • 192k - High quality
  • 256k - Maximum quality

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Progress Tracking

During clip creation, Segra displays real-time progress:
  • Extracting clips - Individual segments are extracted (using your quality settings)
  • Combining clips - Multiple segments are concatenated into the final video
  • Creating metadata - Thumbnail and waveform are generated
  • Processing - Final optimizations are applied
The progress bar shows the percentage complete. Large clips or multiple selections may take several minutes depending on your settings.

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Cancel Clip Creation

You can cancel an in-progress clip creation:
  • Click the Cancel button on the progress card
  • Segra immediately stops FFmpeg processing
  • Temporary files are automatically cleaned up
  • Your selections are preserved so you can try again

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Selection Management

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Selection Panel

The bottom panel displays all active selections:
  • Thumbnail - Preview frame from the selection
  • Title - Game name and timestamp
  • Duration - Length of the selection
  • Order - Selections are numbered and combined in this order

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Editing Selections

  • Click a selection to jump to that timestamp in the video
  • Drag the timeline handles to adjust the selection range
  • Delete using the trash icon on each selection card

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Clear Selections

After creating a clip:
  • Auto-clear - Enable in Settings > Clip Settings to automatically clear selections after successful clip creation
  • Manual clear - Click Clear Selections to remove all active selections

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Clip Output

Created clips are automatically organized: 
Segra/
└── Clips/
    ├── Counter-Strike 2/
    │   └── 2024-01-15_14-30-45.mp4
    ├── League of Legends/
    │   └── 2024-01-15_15-22-10.mp4
    └── Valorant/
        └── 2024-01-16_18-45-33.mp4
Each clip includes:
  • Video file - Your encoded clip in MP4 format
  • Metadata - Game, title, duration, creation date
  • Thumbnail - Auto-generated preview image
  • Waveform - Audio visualization for the timeline

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Clip Metadata

Clips inherit metadata from the source video:
  • Game name - From the first selection
  • Custom title - You can rename clips after creation
  • IGDB integration - Game artwork and metadata (if available)
  • Creation date - Timestamp of clip creation

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Advanced Features

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Fast Stream Copy

When creating clips at the same quality as the source:
  • Segra can use stream copy mode for instant extraction
  • No re-encoding required - preserves original quality
  • Significantly faster processing (seconds instead of minutes)
  • Only works when the source and output settings match exactly
Stream copy is automatically used when possible. You don’t need to configure anything.

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Multiple Output Tracks

If your source recording has separate audio tracks:
  • Clips preserve all audio tracks from the source
  • You can edit tracks individually in video editing software
  • Track names are preserved (Microphone, Game Audio, Discord, etc.)

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Clip from Highlights

You can also create clips from auto-generated highlights:
  1. Open a highlight video
  2. Make selections as normal
  3. Create a custom clip with only your favorite moments
This is useful for creating short 15-30 second clips from a longer highlight reel.

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Sharing Clips

Once your clip is ready, you have several sharing options:

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Upload to Segra Cloud

1

Click the upload icon

On any clip card, click the cloud upload icon.
2

Add details

Enter a title and description (optional).
3

Upload

Segra uploads your clip and provides a shareable link.
See the Uploads page for more details on sharing.

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Export Locally

Clips are standard MP4 files. You can:
  • Right-click a clip and select Show in folder
  • Copy the file to upload to YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, etc.
  • Import into video editing software like Adobe Premiere or DaVinci Resolve

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Troubleshooting

  • Switch to GPU encoding in Settings > Clip Settings
  • Use a faster preset (quality may be slightly lower)
  • Reduce output frame rate to 30 or 60 FPS
  • Close other applications to free up system resources
  • Lower the quality value (lower numbers = better quality)
  • Switch to H.265 codec for better compression
  • Increase audio quality to 192k or 256k
  • Use a slower preset for better encoding quality
  • Check the source video has audio (play it in the video player)
  • Verify audio quality isn’t set too low
  • Try creating a clip with CPU encoding instead of GPU
  • Ensure your audio devices were properly recorded in the session
  • Make sure the video is fully loaded
  • Check that you’re clicking in the timeline area, not on bookmarks
  • Try refreshing the page if the timeline is unresponsive
  • Selections are cleared when you navigate away from the video page
  • Enable Auto-clear selections in settings if this is the desired behavior
  • Selections are also cleared after successful clip creation (if auto-clear is enabled)

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Best Practices

Keep it short

Shorter clips (15-60 seconds) are more engaging for social media and easier to share.

Use bookmarks

Add manual bookmarks during gameplay (F8) to mark important moments for clipping later.

Quality presets

Start with Standard quality settings. Only increase quality if needed - file sizes grow quickly.

Combine smartly

When combining clips from multiple games, group similar content together for better flow.