Clips and segments are short extracts from your live that you can cut during the live or in post-production.
Your clips and segments can also be published instantly to all your social networks.
Making clips and segments will allow you to:
- Highlight the best moments of your live session.
- Share short video format on social media.
- Make your community want to attend your next live event (teasing).
- Re-use your clips and segments in your LiveU Studio production studio.
To know how to make your clips and segments it's very simple, just follow the instructions below:
- Create a new live or enter a control room (1 or 2).
![](https://static-us-vir.easylive.io/medialibrary/2022/10/createorjoin_12_10_1.png)
- Check that you currently publishing & recording (3).
- Go to the Recording (4) section on the left of your control room, you will be redirected to the Clip and Segments management interface.
![](https://static-us-vir.easylive.io/medialibrary/2022/10/clip_10_13_01.png)
Now you can see the current live preview on the right side of the screen, on the left side you can start and manage your clips and Segments.
SEGMENTS
A segment is a cut part of a live, made via the Add a segment button.
![](https://static-us-vir.easylive.io/medialibrary/2022/10/clip_10_13_07.png)
- Enter a segment name.
- Start your segment and click Stop once you are done.
- Your segment will automatically be added to the events list.
![](https://static-us-vir.easylive.io/medialibrary/2022/10/2022-10-13_11-09-46.gif)
You can then:
- Edit the event to change its duration, etc.
- Publish the event on the broadcasters of your choice
- Add the event to your Media Bin/layers so you can use it as a live source
- Download/delete the event (important note: backups, as well as clips and segments, are saved for a maximum duration of 48 hours).
![](https://static-us-vir.easylive.io/medialibrary/2022/10/clip_10_13_08.png)
If you want to edit a segment duration after his creation, just click on "edit event", the editor will open and you can adjust the duration of it.
![](https://static-us-vir.easylive.io/medialibrary/2022/11/2022-11-09_15-20-02.gif)
Congratulations! You now know how to use the LiveU Studio segment function.
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