Crop Recordings and Splice Multiple Recordings
In this article, you'll learn how to crop out parts of your live session recordings. Removing the "dead air" at the beginning or end of the video will make it more seamless.
If a broadcast in the Accelevents studio is interrupted & restarted for any reason, this will result in multiple recordings. But fret not! You'll also learn to combine them into one recording for your attendees.
Important Notes:
Clip trimming is only available within 30 days of the event's end date.
It will allow you to crop out only the beginning and the end; there is no option to splice the video and crop content in the middle.
This feature is not available for workshop and networking sessions
Trim the Recorded Video
When your session ends, you'll see the option to crop your video through the admin console.
Go to Sessions & Speakers and open the session for editing
Select the Recording tab
Click the 3 dot menu on the recording
Select Create Clip
Preview your video by clicking the play button to determine the new start and end time. Move the slider to adjust to the new Start and End Time, then click Create.
The new clip will appear on top of the recording list with the name "Trimmed Video + [the trimmed part in seconds]"
View the Recording as an Attendee
If you have multiple recordings, you should see all of them listed in the recording menu. Attendees can watch all the videos as long as they are visible. They just have to click the View Recording button and select which clip they want to watch.
Then from inside the session, they should see a Recordings tab where they can select the other clips to watch.
Combine Multiple Recordings and Upload The New Video
If you want to combine all the clips into one video file, you will need a 3rd party video editor to combine them. Once they are combined, you will upload the new file to your session.
Download the Videos
Go to Sessions & Speakers and open the session for editing
Select the Recording tab
Click the 3 dot menu on the recording
Select Download
Do this for all the recordings you want to combine
Note: You can hide the session for now while you're in this process
Edit the Videos
Open your favorite video editor (Ex. iMovie, Adobe Premier, Movavi), create a new project & upload ALL recordings from the session. Arrange the recordings into the correct order of the session & if desired, make any other edits. Once satisfied with your new video, download it as an MP4 or MOV.
Upload the New Video
Go to Sessions & Speakers and open the session for editing
Select the Recording tab
Click +Upload Recording
Select the new video file you created
Hide or delete the other clips in the session, so only the new video will be seen by attendees.
Once you have everything in place, view the session recording in the event hub. The only video you'll see is the spliced recording.
