1. Install FFmpeg

QlipQ is powered by FFmpeg — it shells out to ffmpeg and ffprobe for probing and exporting. Install FFmpeg and ensure it is available on your PATH:

  • Windows: winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
  • macOS: brew install ffmpeg
  • Linux: sudo apt install ffmpeg

If FFmpeg is not on your PATH, open QlipQ’s Settings → FFmpeg and set the full paths to the ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries. There’s a Test button next to each to confirm they run.

2. Add watched folders

In Settings → Watched folders, add the folder(s) where your recordings land (for OBS this is your recording or replay-buffer output path). QlipQ can auto-detect the OBS and NVIDIA Share output folders and offer them as one-click presets. It scans these folders — including subfolders — on launch and watches for new files while it runs.

3. Choose an output folder and naming template

Set an Output folder for exports. The naming template controls how exported (and renamed) files are named. Available tokens: {date}, {time}, {datetime}, {source}, {name}, {index}.

4. Pick your output quality

Settings → Output defaults controls export quality and is applied to every export:

  • Quality — a named preset, a custom CRF, VBR (CRF capped by a max bitrate), or a target bitrate.
  • Frame rate, resolution (down to 720p / up to 4K), codec (H.264 / H.265), container (mp4 / mkv), and audio bitrate.

The editor shows an estimated file size for the current clip, and you can override the quality per clip.

5. Edit and export

  1. Pick a clip from the Queue (each shows its date, length, and size).
  2. Set the in/out points on the timeline. The player remembers your position and has −60/−5/−1 and +1/+5/+60 second jump buttons.
  3. Optionally enable crop and adjust the rectangle.
  4. Toggle audio tracks and set their levels (your selection carries to the next clip). Boosting a single track above 100% is applied on export, though the in-app preview plays it at 100%.
  5. Click Export clip. If a file with the same name already exists you can overwrite it or append a timestamp to keep both, and the After export setting decides what happens to the original (keep, delete, move, rename, or prompt). Use Show file to reveal the exported clip.

Clips the player can’t open directly (MKV, HEVC) are previewed via a small cached proxy; exports always use the original file. Clear it anytime from Settings → Preview cache.

Next: set up the OBS replay buffer.