Shooting short clips vs. cutting long clips

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.