Shooting short clips vs. cutting long clips 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?
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.