How to Combine Tennis Video Clips

A few people have asked me about the 8 minute video clips that most of today’s action cameras (i.e., Muvi’s, GoPro’s, etc) produce.  I too was somewhat confused when I first encountered the phenomena, but suffice to say that I have gotten used to it and it no longer a problem.  In fact it can be a boon. [for more on just why clips are 8 minutes long, you can go here for an explanation].

Editing Tennis Video

Let me preface this by saying that, from my experience,  joining clips is really not that critical.  It’s not that hard to find a particular point if that’s what you want.  If you can remember what side of the court you were on and approximately how far into the match it was, you just open the appropriate file.  It might take you opening two or three files, but it’s really quicker than you think.  Or to watch an entire match, it’s just not that hard to open the files.

If I then want to share it with my doubles partner or coach, I  upload that particular segment to my Google Drive and share with whoever I want to.

But if you do have a reason to combine clips,  here’s an excellent article on combining clips., even suggesting some free software that you might want to use.  It takes a little time getting used to working on a timeline, but once you get the concept it becomes much easier.

I use a video editing program called Final Cut Pro “X”.  A tad expensive at $300.00,  but I thought it was worth it for the volume of editing that I do.  Many people said that iMovie, which is a free, powerful program that came with my MacBook Pro laptop would be enough.  But I didn’t want to outgrow my software and have to re-learn a different program.

For myself, I simply load the clips onto the timeline and hit the “export to file button”.  Joila, I have a single large file.  Although I could export directly to YouTube, I find it more reliable to make one file first.

Or maybe you want to share  just a point or two.  You don’t want to be bogged down with actually editing match video.  In this case, 8 minute videos can be a blessing.  Just locate the clip in question and upload it to YouTube or your Google Drive.   Send a link to whoever you want and reference the time they should look at.  Sure, the clip is 8 minutes long, but do you really want to be editing video?  Just upload the clip and let them find it (with your help,  remember?).

Hope this helps, but please let us know if you have any other questions.  And please comment below!

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