# Game film

Canonical: https://rufiostats.com/help/game-film

Attach a video or a YouTube link to a game, watch it beside the court while you track, and jump to any rally afterwards.

## Attaching film

A YouTube link and its sync markers are shared with team members. Files and direct media links stay on the device that attached them. Open the game and, on a tablet, tap **Attach film…** in quick settings. On any device, tap **⋯** on a played game's card in the Games tab, open **Review & video** and use **Attach video**; Film review has the same option under **Film options**. To film the game in the app instead, see [Recording games](https://rufiostats.com/help/recording). Two sources:

| Source | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Choose a file | A match video from this device. It is copied into the app on this device and never uploaded. |
| Paste a link | A YouTube link (watch, youtu.be, shorts or live) or a direct https .mp4 or .m3u8 file. YouTube links sync to team members; direct media links stay on this device. YouTube's own player handles playback, so expect the ads you would see on YouTube. A Hudl page link will not work; Hudl has no player the app can embed. |

You can paste a YouTube link in the phone, tablet or web app. Choosing a local file needs the phone or tablet app. An unlisted YouTube link can still be shared outside Rufio Stats by anyone who has it.

The attach sheet: a file, or a link.

![The attach sheet: a file, or a link.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/film-attach-sheet.webp)

The sheet also asks **Is this one continuous recording?** Answer no for a live stream that dropped or a paused or edited recording. For a video with gaps, Watch game only jumps to rallies you mark instead of estimating where they are. Change it later under **Video options** in Watch game.

## Watching a game and player highlights

Tap the **Watch game** play icon on a game card, or choose **Watch game** from its menu. Team members can watch without editing stats. Pick a player and a stat such as **Kills** or **Aces** to list matching rallies, then tap any rally to jump to its start. On a phone in landscape the list and filters move to a **Rallies** drawer.

To line up live stats with film, select the first rally of a set and pause at the serve. Open that rally's **Rally options** and choose **Sync set from this rally**. Every rally in the set moves to match. Do it once per set, then check a few rallies near the middle and end, and sync again from a rally after any pause or cut in the recording.

Syncing uses the times recorded while you tracked the game. **Fix this rally only** moves one rally that is still off, and works for stats entered from video or imported, which have no recorded times. For a video with gaps, pause at a rally's serve and use **Mark rally start here**. **Reset sync** in **Video options** starts over. Jumps start 7 seconds before the rally; game editors can pick 5 or 10 seconds or no lead-in.

A recording made in the app is lined up for you. See [Recording games](https://rufiostats.com/help/recording#saving-and-sharing).

Sharing and marker changes sync when the device is online. YouTube playback needs an internet connection. Only team members can open shared game film in Rufio Stats.

## Film while you track

On a tablet the film plays in the top-left panel while you track. The controls run on one row: the time, the scrub bar and the play controls. The **⋮** menu holds rally jumping, the rally marks, frame stepping, playback speed (its own submenu with six choices), full screen, **Change video…**, and **Condensed controls** for the wider two-row layout.

- Every rally you enter puts a flag on the scrub bar. Flags from earlier sets stay, so you can jump back across the whole match.
- Stats you log while the film plays remember where in the video they happened.
- The film keeps playing when you tap a stat, and it stays where it was when the next set starts.
- A phone has no room to show film beside the court, so tracking with film open needs a tablet. A phone can still attach film for review afterwards.

A film pass is the usual reason to do this: track the groups nobody covered live, from the video, and merge the pass in afterwards. See [Drafts and merging](https://rufiostats.com/help/drafts-and-merging#film-pass).

Tracking with the film running: video top left, court top right, roster and stat buttons underneath.

![Tracking with the film running: video top left, court top right, roster and stat buttons underneath.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/ipad-live-film.webp)

## Film in Film review

Open **Film review** on a game with film attached. On a tablet the video pane sits next to the rally list; on a phone a **Video** band sits above it. Select a rally and the film jumps to it. Each stat in the rally shows a tappable timestamp that seeks the video to that moment.

Film review with the video pane on, one rally selected.

![Film review with the video pane on, one rally selected.](https://rufiostats.com/help/shots/ipad-film-review-video.webp)

## Changing or removing film

Open the attach sheet again (quick settings on a tablet, or the video row under **Review & video** on the game's sheet) and pick a new source, or tap **Remove film**. Removing a file frees its space on this device. Flags already recorded on rallies are kept either way.