Video playlists, sharing and export

Collect your best rallies, even from different matches, replay them back to back, share them with the team and turn them into an edit ready for the big screen or for social media.

Playlists are available from version 2.1 on iPhone and iPad, Android and the web app. You need match videos with clips generated from the scout file: if you don't have any yet, start with the Video analysis guide.

What a playlist is and where to find it

A playlist is a collection of clips picked from the scouted rallies of your videos: every attack by one player, the receptions worth reviewing, the best blocks of the season. Clips can come from different matches, and a playlist never duplicates anything: it points to the rallies already in your videos, so it uses no storage space.

Open More → Match Videos and switch to the Playlists section, next to the video list. There are two groups: My playlists (the ones you created) and Shared with me (the ones a coach or staff member shared with you, with the creator's name). Everyone — coach, staff and athletes — can create their own playlists.

Adding rallies to a playlist

Open a match video and browse the rally rows, using the filters you already know (player, skill, outcome, set, phase).
Every row has a playlist icon: it's filled if that rally is already in one of your playlists. Tap it.
Choose Add to playlist and the destination playlist, or New playlist… to create one on the spot and give it a name.
Repeat for as many rallies as you like, switching matches if needed: the playlist collects them in the order you add them.

Apply a filter first (say, "attacks by number 7") and then add the rallies one after another: in a minute you have a playlist covering a whole skill.

Reordering, renaming, deleting

The playlist detail shows the same rally rows and the same filters as a real match. The playlist creator can reorder clips, remove one without touching the original video, rename the playlist or delete it altogether. Deleting a playlist never deletes the match videos or their clips.

Play all: your ideal match

With the Play button the player chains every clip back to back, even when they come from different videos, without you touching anything: it's the "ideal match" to watch in the video room or to show a single athlete. You can also tap any row to jump straight to that rally, and use the filters to play only part of the collection.

Sharing a playlist with athletes and staff

Coaches and staff can share their playlists with the team. From the playlist detail tap Share playlist and pick the recipients:

Court positions — for example all middle blockers or all liberos;
Staff roles — for example the assistant coaches or the strength coach;
People — athletes or staff members chosen one by one, with search by name.

When you save, the new recipient list replaces the previous one, so you can add or remove someone at any time. Anyone you add gets a notification (even if they opted for essential notifications only) and finds the playlist in their own Videos section under Shared with me, where they can play and filter it but not edit it.

Athletes' playlists are private: an athlete can build their own collections to study, but cannot share them. Sharing is for coaches and staff only.

The playlist chat

Every shared playlist has a chat: the coach, staff and recipient athletes can talk right there, with the author's name next to each message. A message can be attached to a single rally — long-press the clip row and write your comment — and whoever reads it can tap it to send the player straight to that rally. It's the quickest way to say "look at the positioning here" without describing where in words.

New messages create an in-app notification for the creator and the recipients (except the sender); the push notification reaches those who chose the "All" level in their notification preferences.

Annotations on clips

Coaches and staff can draw on a paused frame of a clip, just like on a whiteboard. Pause at the right moment, open the annotations and pick a tool:

Pen — freehand drawing: arrows, circles, zones to cover;
Text — a short label placed wherever it's needed;
Flag — a marker for one precise spot, for example where the ball landed.

Annotations stay tied to that moment of the clip and are visible during playback to everyone who has access to the playlist. The Annotations (N) list shows all the annotations on the clip and lets you delete the ones you no longer need.

Track set: the ball trajectory with AI

On attack rallies you can let the app draw the ball's trajectory from the set to the hit, without tracing it by hand:

In the clip press Track set.
Pause on the setter's touch and press Mark A.
Move forward to the attacker's contact and press Mark B.
The server analyses the frames between the two points and computes the trajectory: within seconds the path appears on the clip, with a flag at the point of contact.

The trajectory is an annotation like any other: you'll find it in the list and can delete it. If the ball isn't clearly visible (distant camera, ball hidden by a player), tracking may fail: try again choosing the two points more precisely.

Exporting the edit

From a playlist you can create an actual video file with the clips in sequence, to download and keep, project or publish. Tap Export playlist to open the editor.

Two formats

Classic 16:9 — the full landscape video: for analysis on a PC, the projector, your archive and YouTube.
Reel 9:16 — the portrait video for Instagram, TikTok and stories. In this format you decide the framing of every clip: drag the preview left or right until the action sits in the middle of the vertical frame.

Every exported edit carries the watermark with the Volley Control Center V in the bottom-right corner. Only the playlist creator can adjust the clips' length, order, transitions and framing.

Processing and download

The export isn't rendered on your phone: the job goes to the server, so you can close the app and get on with your day. Meanwhile the edit appears in My exports with the status Queued, then Processing and finally Ready. When it's ready you get a notification in the app (and by email) with the download button; the file stays available for 7 days, after which it shows as Expired and has to be generated again. On iPhone the download button offers Save to Photos (the video lands in your Photos library, ready for Instagram or TikTok) or Share… (AirDrop, Files, messages); on Android the file goes to the Download folder and shows up in the gallery; from the web app it downloads in the browser.

Save the downloaded file to your phone's library or to a drive right away: after 7 days it's gone from the server, while the playlist stays and can be exported again whenever you like.

Plan limits

The edit's length, the number of clips and how many exports can be processed at the same time depend on your team's plan:

Plan	Maximum length	Clips per export	Exports in queue
FREE	10 minutes	30	1
PRO	20 minutes	60	2
CLUB	30 minutes	100	3

If the length goes over the limit, the editor warns you before starting the export: trim a few clips or remove some.

The editing timeline

The export editor is a proper video-editing timeline, in the style of iMovie or CapCut: under the preview you get a time ruler and a horizontal track with one block per clip, as wide as the clip is long and filled with the clip's own frames (the "filmstrip"), so you recognise each rally at a glance.

Trim — tap a block to select it and drag the yellow handles at either edge to shorten the start or the end of the clip; Reset trim restores the original length.
Reorder — press and hold a block, it lifts, then move it left or right: the others make room. On a computer, just drag it with the mouse.
Playhead — the vertical line follows playback across the whole edit, and you can drag it (or tap the ruler) to jump to an exact spot.
Zoom — stretch the timeline for precise trimming or squeeze it to see the whole edit: pinch on the phone, slider or +/− buttons on the computer.
Delete clip — removes the selected clip from the edit (and from the playlist).

The mm:ss / mm:ss indicator shows the position in the edit and the total length, to compare against your plan's limit.

Transitions between clips

Between one block and the next there's a small transition marker. Tap it to choose how to move from one clip to the following one: None (cut), or a crossfade of 0.4, 0.8 or 1.2 seconds (0.4 s is the default). The crossfade already shows in the preview, not only in the finished file. As in editing software, the two clips overlap for the length of the transition: every crossfade uses up time, and the total length takes that into account.

Reel: "Follow the ball"

In the Reel 9:16 format, instead of setting a clip's framing by hand, you can turn on Follow the ball: within a few seconds the server locates the ball in the frames and moves the vertical frame on its own to keep it centred, with smooth movements. While it computes you see "Computing the framing…", then the frame moves right in the preview, identical to the final export. The choice is per clip (you can mix "followed" clips and hand-framed clips in the same edit); the arrow next to the button turns it on or off for all clips at once. If the ball can't be recognised in a clip, "Ball not found" appears and that clip uses the manual framing.

The editing timeline, adjustable transitions and "Follow the ball" are already available on the web app and are coming to iPhone and Android with the next update. In the meantime, on the apps you can still trim, reorder and frame the clips and export the edit.

Frequently asked questions

Why is my export stuck on "Queued"?

Edits are processed by the server one after another: "Queued" means yours is waiting for its turn. Rendering takes roughly half a minute for every minute of video; we notify you as soon as it's ready, so there's no need to stay in the app. If you've already reached the number of exports in progress allowed by your plan, wait for one to finish before starting another.

Can I export without a paid plan?

Yes: exporting works on every plan, FREE included, within the limits in the table above (10 minutes, 30 clips, one export at a time). Keep in mind that uploading match videos requires a PRO or CLUB plan, or the free trial.

Who can see my playlist?

Only you, until you share it. After sharing, the recipients you chose see it in their "Shared with me" section. Athletes' private playlists remain visible to them alone.

Can I edit a playlist that was shared with me?

No: reordering, removing clips, trimming, transitions and framing are reserved for the playlist creator. You can still play it, filter it, write in the chat and export it as it is. If you want your own version, create a new playlist and add the same rallies from the videos.

The download link has expired: how do I get the video back?

After 7 days the file is removed from the server. The playlist is still there, though: open the editor again and start a new export.

The edit has the VCC logo: can I remove it?

No, the watermark with the V in the bottom-right corner is always present in exported videos.