Video analysis in the browser, no install

Yes, you can analyze sports video without installing anything. cliply runs entirely in the browser: open the page, sign in, load a video and tag. The same holds for staff and for players who receive a link, which opens without an account.

What "in the browser" means

There is no program to download or update. The workspace, the tag panel, the clip library, drawing and the tactics board live in the page. You need a current browser. For working with local video folders, Chrome or Edge handle it best; Safari and Firefox also work, with some differences described below.

You can try it without an account at /try: paste a YouTube match link and tag in the browser.

Where the video lives

There are three routes, and all of them work without installing anything:

• A link: YouTube, Vimeo, a direct video URL or Internet Archive. The video stays where it is and cliply plays it from there.
• A file from your computer: the browser plays it directly. Without cloud storage the video stays on your device and only the clips and tags go to the server.
• The cliply cloud: upload and backup of the video, on the Club plan or with the Cloud add-on. See Upload videos.

Live tagging and offline use

Live tagging works on every plan. You can start an offline session right in the browser, with no project and no internet, and assign it to a project when you have signal again. If the tab closes or the battery dies, the session resumes where you left it.

To review offline what you already tagged, you save the coding of a video or collection in the browser. You supply the video file by linking your own local copy. When the copy allows it, you can also tag and edit offline, and changes send themselves when you reconnect. See Offline review. This feature is on paid plans.

Sharing without anyone installing anything

A share link opens a read-only view in any browser, on a phone or a computer. The player sees the clips, notes and drawings you prepared, with no account. You can protect the link, and pause or delete it whenever you want.

Limits of working in a browser

• Browser storage: the offline copy uses browser storage. On iPhone or iPad Safari, a site's data can be cleared after seven days without a visit, unless you add cliply to the home screen.
• Video folders: Chrome and Edge can keep a folder permission for the session and ask you to reconnect it later. Safari and Firefox ask you to pick it again.
• Shared computers: offline data is wiped on sign-out, but that is not a strict security guarantee. Do not store sensitive material on a machine you do not control.
• Exporting video: with a local file, the browser cuts clips on paid plans. With the cloud, export runs on the server.

When cliply isn't the right fit

• If your workflow requires an installed program that runs without a browser, cliply is web only.
• If you record full multi-gigabyte matches and want to edit them in a full video editor, cliply analyzes and cuts clips; it does not replace an editor.
• If connectivity at your club is very poor and you cannot prepare anything beforehand, plan offline review in advance, since it needs a paid plan and a connection to save the copy.
• If several people must tag the same video at once in the same workspace, that is not available yet.

Keep reading

If your matches are on YouTube, see How to analyze a match from YouTube. For field hockey, Video analysis software for field hockey. To decide between tools, How to choose sports video analysis software. Plans are on pricing.