Clipping

Our Clipping Tool is a wonderful addition to many workflows. Using this tool, clients can clip unwanted portions of a live event, create a VOD asset from a live stream, or even a small portion of a longer asset for the purpose of posting it on social media.

Access the Clipping Tool

The Clipping Tool is accessible from each individual Asset in your account. To access this tool, you must first open the Assets section of the Sardius Control Panel.

1. To begin, select the asset you wish to clip.

2. Select the Overview tab.

3. Click on the Clip button below the player preview. This will open the clipping feature:

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Find Your Clip

Now we need to find the start and end times of your clip. There are several ways you can do this.

Marking in and out points

Play through the video, pausing in the places where you want your clip to start and stop. Use the Mark In (start time) and Mark Out(end time) buttons to set the start and end points of your clip. As you do this, you will see the blue bars and the Start and End times also update below the Player.

Pause on the place you want to start and use the “Mark In” button to select the start time
Fast forward in the Asset to find the place you want to end the clip; click the pause button and use the “Mark Out” button to select the stop time

2. Use the Blue Bar to set the start and end times of the clip. As you adjust the start and end points, as designated by the blue bar locations, you will see the frames update in the Player, as well as the Start and End Times below.

3. Manually update the Start Time and End Times at the bottom of the screen. This option can be helpful if clipping from a longer asset in which you’ve already noted the start and end times that you need to clip. As you update the Start Time and End Times, you will notice the blue bar automatically adjusts as well.

Some helpful features also exist below the player to help you easily navigate through your asset content to find those Start and End Times.

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Align Play Location

This takes you to the starting or stopping point in the video, of the marked points of your clip:

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Rewind and Fast Forward Options

Rewind or fast forward the start or stop points by 10 seconds, 1 min or 10 minutes at a time by clicking on the appropriate button:

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Play Selection

Use this to play through and preview your clip selection before finalizing the clip:

Create Clip Settings

Once you have your final stop and end points selected, you are ready to finalize your Clip Settings and create your clip.

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Asset Title

Enter the Name your clip.

Profile

Select your desired profile for publishing your clip. Click on the dropdown menu arrow to see the profile options:

Once you have made your final Clip Setting updates, be sure to click the Create Clip button:

Helpful Tip: “Download Link” options create a temporary link that is accessible for 24 hrs from the Clipping Status area of the original asset. All other profiles create a NEW asset.

Therefore, if you want an MP4 or MP3 that creates a new asset that will be available long-term, use the MP4 or MP3 options.

Use Original Duration

Use this if you want your clip Duration to match the length of the original asset, rather than showing the shorter clipped length.

Helpful Tip: This may be useful when clipping full, paid content into a free preview that shows the length of the full content.

Include Metadata

When this toggle is checked this carries over any metadata on the original asset the clip is being created from.

You also have the option to edit the metadata that will be unique to the clipped asset. To do so, click the “Edit Metadata” button. In the pane that appears, enter the appropriate information, then click the X in the upper right

Finishing Up

Once you Create your Clip, it will take a brief moment before it will appear under the Clipping Status area. You will be able to see the process of the clip as it encodes here.

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Any temporary download links will be accessed directly from underneath the Clipping Status area here, once encoding is complete.

For any other profiles a clipped asset will create a new asset, which can be opened by clicking the Open folder directly from under the Clipping Status area.

Helpful Tip: Once you have created your clipped asset, you can Create a custom Thumbnail for the asset, or edit the metadata if desired.

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