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Step 2: Clip Review

This step has three screens in sequence: the media list (pick the pool), the analysis run, and Review & Refine (trim the clips the pipeline chose). The sidebar calls it Clip Review.

Step 2: Clip ReviewStep 2: Clip Review

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When you arrive from Step 1, a "Loading videos…" dialog fetches the videos, Live Photos and (if enabled) photos for your date range and person filter, plus thumbnails. Nothing is analyzed yet. Media that already has a cached analysis from the current model is tagged Current analysis on its card and is not re-sent to the LLM.

The media list​

The header shows the date range, clip count, total footage, HDR count and favorites count. Below it, "N Videos Found" (or "N Videos, M Photos Found") lists everything, grouped into one expansion per month ("March 2025 (12 clips)") with Show more (N remaining) pagination.

Each card shows the thumbnail, badges (Live, ★ favorite, HDR, 4K/HD), the cached analysis description and mood/setting tags when there is one, audio-category tags, date, duration, filename, resolution and colour space, and an Include checkbox. Photos get a camera badge.

Detailed list viewDetailed list view

Toolbar: Select All, Deselect All, Invert Selection, and a grid/list toggle. In grid view, click a thumbnail to toggle it; in list view use the checkbox.

Compact grid viewCompact grid view

All discovered videos and Live Photos start checked; photos start checked when photo support is on. Checked media is the pool: analysis can rank it, deduplicate it and choose excerpts, but a Fast-depth shortlist cannot silently drop the leftovers.

Duplicate detection​

Clips recorded at the same moment (burst recordings, multiple takes) are grouped by perceptual hash. An info card reports the number of duplicate groups; the best version of each is marked Best and the lower-quality copies are auto-deselected and marked Duplicate.

The "Generate Memories" panel​

The expansion at the top holds the run settings:

  • Auto duration switch. On (default) it shows "Auto · Xm YYs" — the preset target, or for Trip memories a media-aware estimate. Off shows a Target duration (min) field (0.25–60).
  • Avg seconds per clip (2–30, default 5) and the derived Clips needed.
  • HDR clips only and Prioritize favorites checkboxes. With favorites on, a Preferred max non-favorites slider (0–100 %, default 25 %) sets a preference; Auto exceeds it rather than leave the video short.
  • The Generate Memories button.

Running the analysis​

Clicking Generate Memories replaces the list with a progress screen: phases 1. Clustering → 2. Filtering → 3. Analyzing → 4. Refining, a progress bar with clip count, elapsed time and ETA, a Currently Analyzing card and a Last Analyzed card (chosen segment, score, LLM description when enabled), and a Cancel Pipeline button. First runs cost about a minute per 10 clips on Apple Silicon or a GPU and 1–2 minutes per clip on a CPU-only box (see the resource table); cached clips are free.

When it finishes you get "Pipeline complete! Planned N clips from M eligible media items." with counts for Media Eligible, Videos Deeply Analyzed, Clips Planned and Time Elapsed, then two buttons: Review & Refine Selected Clips or Start Over (Select Different Clips).

Review & Refine​

Refine Moments viewRefine Moments view

Four metrics at the top: Selected Clips, Total Duration, Target, Difference. Bulk actions: Set all to first 5s, Set all to middle 5s, or a Custom seconds value with Apply.

Each planned clip is an expansion ("★ HDR March 03, 2025 • Using 5s of 12s") with:

  • an Include in compilation checkbox
  • a Select range slider for the excerpt, plus Preview, First 5s, Last 5s, Middle 5s and Full clip buttons (Preview swaps the thumbnail for an inline player)
  • a Rotation select: Auto, 0°, 90° CW, 180°, 90° CCW

The Final Duration updates as you edit. Navigation: Back to Selection, Re-run Analysis, Continue to Generation.

Photos in the list​

When photo support is enabled (config or the Step 1 switch), photos appear alongside video clips, merged into the same chronological list, with a camera badge and their own Include checkbox. Photos are auto-selected at generation time from the checked pool; see Photo Support.

Cache​

Analysis results live in a local SQLite database. Coming back to the same library later, cached clips are marked Current analysis and skip the expensive part; only new imports and clips analysed by an older model get re-analysed. Clear caches from the sidebar's Cache page.