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Importing your own videos
Bring in ZIPs, camera-roll clips or files, work offline, and share collections with other coaches.
When you'd use this
Working with video when you're away from the Hub
Using the app offline
Pulling in outside video to compare against
Re-importing video you edited in other software
Three ways to import
ZIP collection (best for offline, multi-angle work): keeps everything, every camera angle, voiceovers and synced eo graphs, and opens exactly as it would on the Hub. The only way to get the full package offline.
Camera Roll: bring in as many videos as you like. Videos from the same collection stay in sync. The tradeoff: no eo graphs, and finding the right angles means scrolling through a lot of similar underwater footage.
Files: the same as Camera Roll, but from iCloud or local storage.
Heads up: videos from different sessions, or from a phone, won't be synced automatically.
Where to import from
Browse tab: tap the tray-with-a-down-arrow icon, top right. The usual starting point.
Inside a collection: the same icon sits in the top bar, next to Export. It's a shortcut so you don't have to go back to Browse, but what you import still opens as its own new collection.
Holding your iPad upright? The import button may fold into a menu at the top right.
Save imported video to the Hub
Imported video isn't saved to the Hub automatically. To keep it: ⋯ (top right) → Save as new collection. Then assign it to swimmers in Collection Info (the ⓘ icon) and use it like any other recording.
Heads up: save imported video to the Hub before you work on it. It's easy to forget, and there's a known issue: build an assembly in an imported ZIP before saving, then export a new ZIP, and the new ZIP loses its eo graph. The original ZIP is fine.
Tip: share and work offline with ZIPs
ZIP collections are the easiest way to share video with other coaches who have the SwimClips app. Create a shared iCloud folder on your iPad and invite people by email; any ZIP you save there, they can import and review as normal.
Sharing with other coaches who use the app
Working at home: save the collections you want as ZIPs at the pool, then open the shared folder on your iPad at home. No Hub needed.
