The clip flow of the Anarchive Media Plan: mark start and stop on an archived video, preview, and cut a Fair Use Clip — without re-downloading anything. A working prototype already exists as `timed-video.html`, a viewer with a Clip Maker panel whose final button reads *Open Clip Ghost Page*.
## The Flow
Set a start mark and a stop mark while the archived video plays. Preview the selection. Open a ghost page — generated by the Outpost, existing only in the lineup — carrying the clip item, its timestamps, and provenance back to the source page. Fork the ghost to keep it; close it to throw it away.
## The Cut
The clip is cut from the already-archived asset in the page's assets folder — never re-downloaded from the source. Stream copy makes the cut near-instant:
ffmpeg -ss 00:12:30 -to 00:14:05 -i "$ASSETS/$SLUG-420.mp4" \ -c copy "$TMP/clip.mp4"
Stream copy cuts on keyframes, so marks may shift by a second or two. When the cut must be frame-accurate, re-encode — the clip is short, so the cost is seconds:
ffmpeg -ss 00:12:30 -to 00:14:05 -i "$ASSETS/$SLUG-420.mp4" \ -c:v libx264 -crf 28 -movflags +faststart -c:a copy "$TMP/clip.mp4"
The finished clip is hashed, renamed to its `cid_` name per the Filename Convention, pinned to the Ring per Anarchive Pinning, and gets its own Media Commons page.
## The Record
The `CLIP` directive in the Media Plugin item records the marks — `CLIP 00:12:30 00:14:05` — so any fork holding the source can re-cut the clip at any quality. The marks are the durable fact; the file is a rendering of them.
## See
- Media Plugin — the item the marks live in - Fair Use Clip — the discipline: short clips for citation and comment - Anarchive Pinning and Filename Convention — what happens to the cut file - Fathom and Screencasts — the other new channel