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# Clipping

> Create custom clips from your recordings with Segra's powerful clipping tools

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

## How Clipping Works

The clipping workflow is simple and intuitive:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open a session recording">
    Navigate to **Sessions** and click on any recorded session to open the video player.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review your selections">
    Selected clips appear in the bottom panel. You can preview, adjust, or delete any selection.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Create clip">
    Click **Create Clip** to process your selections into a final video file.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Timeline Selection

The video timeline provides precise frame-accurate selection:

### 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

<Tip>
  Bookmarks and game events (kills, deaths, goals) appear as markers on the timeline, making it easy to find important moments.
</Tip>

### 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

### 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

<Note>
  When combining clips from multiple games, the final clip is saved in a folder named after the first selection's game.
</Note>

## Clip Processing

### Quality Settings

Configure clip encoding in **Settings > Clip Settings**:

#### 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)

#### Codec

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

#### Quality

Clip quality is a single integer (lower = better quality, larger files). The dropdown exposes `0, 10, 15, 20, 23, 26, 30, 35, 40, 45, 51` for both encoders. Built-in quality presets resolve to:

| Preset   | Encoder | Quality | Codec | FPS | Audio | x264 preset |
| -------- | ------- | ------- | ----- | --- | ----- | ----------- |
| Low      | CPU     | CRF 28  | H.264 | 30  | 96k   | ultrafast   |
| Standard | CPU     | CRF 23  | H.264 | 60  | 128k  | veryfast    |
| High     | CPU     | CRF 20  | H.264 | 60  | 192k  | medium      |

Switching the encoder to GPU lets you pick a CQ / QP / ICQ value (depending on vendor) from the same dropdown.

#### Preset

**GPU Presets:**

* NVIDIA H.264/HEVC: `slow`, `medium`, `fast`, `hp`, `hq`, `bd`, `ll`, `llhq`, `llhp`, `lossless`, `losslesshp` (legacy NVENC presets)
* NVIDIA AV1: `p1` (fastest) to `p7` (slowest, best quality)
* AMD: `quality`, `transcoding`, `lowlatency`, `ultralowlatency`
* Intel: `fast`, `medium`, `slow`

**CPU Presets:**

* ultrafast, superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium, slow, slower, veryslow

<Tip>
  For quick social media clips, use **GPU + H.264 + Standard** quality with a **fast** preset. This produces small files quickly.
</Tip>

#### Frame Rate

* **Original** - Preserves the source video's frame rate
* **24 FPS** - Cinematic
* **30 FPS** - Good for casual content
* **60 FPS** - Smooth motion, recommended for gameplay
* **120 FPS** - For high frame rate displays
* **144 FPS** - For high frame rate displays

#### Audio Quality

* 96k - Low quality, small files
* 128k - Standard quality (recommended)
* 192k - High quality
* 256k - Maximum quality
* 320k - Insane quality

### 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.

### 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

## Selection Management

### 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

### 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

### Clear Selections

After creating a clip:

* **Auto-clear** - Enable **Auto-Clear Segments** from the clip sidebar on the video player page to automatically clear selections after successful clip creation
* **Manual clear** - Click **Clear Selections** to remove all active selections

## 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

### 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

## Advanced Features

### Segment extraction and concat

Each segment is re-encoded using your configured clip encoder / codec / quality / FPS, then the resulting per-segment files are concatenated. The final concat step uses FFmpeg stream copy (`-c copy`) whenever possible, so joining segments is near-instant. When **Keep separate audio tracks** is enabled, audio is re-encoded during concat so each track survives in the output container.

### Multiple Output Tracks

If your source recording has separate audio tracks:

* By default, clips are mixed down to a single Full Mix track. Enable **Keep separate audio tracks** in clip settings to preserve every track from the source recording
* You can edit tracks individually in video editing software
* Track names are preserved (Microphone, Game Audio, Discord, etc.)

### 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.

## Sharing Clips

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

### Upload to Segra Cloud

<Steps>
  <Step title="Click the upload icon">
    On any clip card, click the cloud upload icon.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add details">
    Enter a title and description (optional).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Upload">
    Segra uploads your clip and provides a shareable link.
  </Step>
</Steps>

See the [Uploads](/features/uploads) page for more details on sharing.

### 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

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Clip creation is slow">
    * 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
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Clip quality is poor">
    * 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
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Clip has no audio">
    * 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
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can't select on timeline">
    * 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
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Selections disappear">
    * 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)
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Best Practices

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Keep it short" icon="timer">
    Shorter clips (15-60 seconds) are more engaging for social media and easier to share.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Use bookmarks" icon="bookmark">
    Add manual bookmarks during gameplay (F8) to mark important moments for clipping later.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quality presets" icon="sliders">
    Start with **Standard** quality settings. Only increase quality if needed - file sizes grow quickly.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Combine smartly" icon="layer-group">
    When combining clips from multiple games, group similar content together for better flow.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Related Features

* [Recording](/features/recording) - Capture your gameplay sessions
* [Highlights](/features/highlights) - Auto-generate highlight reels
* [Uploads](/features/uploads) - Share clips online