The Clips Section

The Clips section allows you extract and replace sections of a video track.

The Clips Section

Note: The clips workflow on the Media Item Details page and the CPL Editor are identical.

Creating a Clip

To create a clip:

  1. From the Media Item Details page, on the Clips section, click Create. The Create New Clip dialog is displayed.

    The Create New Clip Dialog

  2. Type a Name and Description to be displayed in the Clip section. Additionally, choose a Parent Clip to make the current clip its newer version.
  3. Fill in the Frames, Timecode, and Absolute Time for each of the columns (Entry Point, Out Point, Duration).

    Note: Entry Point, Out Point, and Duration refer to frames for video tracks or sample counts for audio tracks.

  4. Click Save to save changes and continue editing or click Save & Return to save changes and return to the Media Item Details page.
  5. The clip is now displayed in the Clips section.

    Added Clip

Extracting a Clip

To extract a clip from a video:

  1. From the Media Item Details page, on the Clips section, click Extract for the clip you want to extract. The clip is extracted from the video track with a Track Demuxing task. To view its progress, click Expand.

    Extracted Clip Details

  2. You can now download the extracted clip by clicking Download.

Note: If you extract a clip from the CPL Editor, you can see the section in the image track.

Replace an Extracted Clip

While you can extract clips from both the Media Item Details page and the CPL Editor, you can replace an extracted clip only from the CPL Editor.

To replace an extracted clip:

  1. From the CPL Editor, on the Clips section, click Upload for the clip you want to replace. The Add Media Item dialog is displayed.

    The Add Media Item Dialog

  2. Browse for a file or drag and drop a file.

    Note: Make sure that the file you upload does not already exist in the destination location.

  3. After the file has finished uploading, click Replace Clip, and choose the uploaded file.
  4. The CPL track is updated to reflect the new segments.

    The Updated CPL Track

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