Guides for organizing video files
You copied a card off the camera and now there are hundreds of clips sitting in one folder. These guides cover how to split them into folders — by person, by subject, by whatever you actually shot. Nothing to install, and your footage is never uploaded anywhere.
How to organize hundreds of video files into folders
Why File Explorer makes this so slow, why date-and-filename tools can't help with the
split you actually want, and how to sort by what's in the clip. Start here.
How to sort GoPro footage by person
The
100GOPRO folder, .LRV and .THM sidecar files,
chaptered recordings that sort far apart, and duplicate filenames across cards.
How to organize drone footage by person
DJI .LRF and .SRT files, clips with more than one person in
them, and previewing D-Log 10-bit footage.
How to sort snowboard and ski footage by person
Identifying riders by jacket and board when helmets hide every face, crew runs with
several people in one clip, and footage mixed across GoPro, phone and drone.
About the tool
whosewave is a free tool that shows you four frames pulled from the middle of each clip. You say who it is, and it files the clip into a folder named after that person. No install, no account, and your footage is never uploaded — the browser reads it straight off your own disk and only ever draws it on screen.
- How it works — the keyboard shortcuts and the workflow
- Camera support — which cameras and codecs preview correctly