Answers.Body: <p>You can do either method.</p>
  
  <h1>Short clips</h1>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Take up less file space.</li>
  <li>Files are already cut.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <h1>Long continuous shot</h1>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Easier method when shooting, but more work in post.</li>
  <li>Easier to sync a continuous audio stream such as from an external mic.</li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p>Say I want to create several short clips with the original encoding of a certain camera. Do I have to shoot the short clips directly or can I shoot a long clip and then cut it up using ffmpeg with the appropriate options?</p>
  
Tags: <ffmpeg><codec><compression>
Title: Shooting short clips vs. cutting long clips
UserDisplayName: painfulenglish
ThreadText: # Shooting short clips vs. cutting long clips
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-01-23)
  
  Say I want to create several short clips with the original encoding of a certain camera. Do I have to shoot the short clips directly or can I shoot a long clip and then cut it up using ffmpeg with the appropriate options?
  
  **Tags:** ffmpeg, codec, compression
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-01-23. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You can do either method.
  
  # Short clips
  
  * Take up less file space.
  * Files are already cut.
  
  # Long continuous shot
  
  * Easier method when shooting, but more work in post.
  * Easier to sync a continuous audio stream such as from an external mic.
  
  
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