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Saving clips

Saving is the line between "this moment rolls off the iPad in a minute" and "this moment is kept for later." Everything in RepRecap's library is a clip you tapped Save on.

The Save button

The Save button is large and bottom-right on the Record screen, in the same spot as the Start button before you started recording. Tap it once, mid-playback or right after the moment you want to keep.

A green checkmark appears briefly with the clip length (e.g. "Saved 10 sec"). That's your confirmation.

The clip is now in the Library tab. It's a standalone MP4 file inside the app.

Clip length

By default, saving captures the most recent 10 seconds of footage. That's usually long enough for a single volleyball rep — an approach, hit, and follow-through; or a pass, set, and reset.

You can change the default in Settings → Save length. Choices are 5, 10, 15, 20, or 30 seconds.

When choosing:

  • 5–10 seconds for fast, isolated skills (a single pass, a serve receive).
  • 15 seconds for sequences (pass + set, approach + hit + landing).
  • 20–30 seconds for short combinations or when you want a few reps in one clip.

You can also change the save length per-drill if you reset it before that drill starts.

What "the most recent N seconds" means

When you tap Save, RepRecap reaches into the rolling buffer and grabs the most recent N seconds, counting backward from now — not from the moment that's currently playing back on screen.

So if your delay is 15 seconds and you tap Save while watching a playback:

  • The clip starts about 15 seconds before "now" (the moment that's just being shown).
  • The clip ends at "now" — the live moment, which is 15 seconds ahead of what the athlete just saw.

For most reps this doesn't matter — the rep happened, the playback is showing it, and the next thing is the athlete walking off. The clip captures the rep cleanly.

If a rep is exactly at the boundary of your buffer (rare), the clip may catch part of the previous moment too. Tap Save sooner next time.

What happens to unsaved footage

Anything you don't tap Save on rolls off the buffer after about 60 seconds. It's not stored on disk, not sent anywhere, not recoverable.

This is the point: you don't have to manage thousands of files at the end of practice. You only have the clips you decided were worth keeping.

Where saved clips live

Saved clips are stored in the iPad's Photos library, inside an album named RepRecap — <Team Name> that RepRecap creates the first time you save anything. They show up in two places:

  • The Library tab in RepRecap, newest first, with athlete tags and notes.
  • The team album in the Photos app, alongside any other photos and videos on your iPad.

From the RepRecap Library you can tag, note, share, and delete clips. From the Photos app you can do the standard Photos things — back up to iCloud, AirDrop, attach to a text message, etc.

Saved clips never leave the iPad unless you explicitly share one or have iCloud Photos enabled (in which case they sync to your own iCloud account, like every other photo). RepRecap itself has no network access. See Sharing and exporting for sharing workflows.

Saving with a Bluetooth shutter

If you've paired a Bluetooth camera shutter (the small remote that takes photos on your phone), you can use it as a hands-free Save button. Most BT shutters send the same signal as the iPad's volume buttons, and RepRecap listens for that signal when the Record screen is open.

Two important differences from the on-screen Save button:

  • The shutter saves from the live moment, not the replay. When you press the shutter, the clip is the most recent N seconds ending right now — what the camera just saw, not what the athlete just watched on the replay. Use the shutter when you're courtside and the rep just happened; use the on-screen Save when you're reacting to what you see in the playback.
  • The clip is saved untagged. A small "Saved" message appears at the top of the screen and the clip lands in the Library under Unassigned. Tag the athlete later from the Library — there's no tag prompt mid-practice because you're usually still watching the next rep.

If your shutter occasionally fires twice for one press, that's fine — RepRecap ignores a second press within 2 seconds of the first.

When the shutter is connected, your iPad's volume buttons (on the side of the device) will also save clips. You won't see the system volume HUD when the Record screen is open — RepRecap suppresses it on purpose.

Save during playback vs. right after

You can tap Save at any time while the Record screen is active. Most coaches tap during the playback — when they see the moment they want. That works well.

Tapping right after the playback also works, because the buffer still contains the recent footage. The clip will be slightly shifted (later) compared to tapping during the playback.

If you tap Save five minutes later, the buffer has long since rolled off, and the clip will be of whatever happened most recently. So: tap soon.

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Last updated 2026-06-01