Someone asked you to film

There's an iPad on the deck running the game and tagging the plays. Your phone becomes a second angle for it. Setup is about 30 seconds, and then you just point and record.

Two things first, because they're the two people ask

There's no account. No sign-up, no email, no password. You open the app and type a 4-digit code.
Your footage doesn't go to a server. The short clips around each tagged play go straight to the tagger's iPad over a direct device-to-device link, and everything you filmed stays on your phone. Nothing is uploaded anywhere, by anyone.

One iPad runs the game. Phones film from anywhere on deck, and every tagged play comes back to the iPad as a second angle.

1 Get SplashReel on your phone

You need an iPhone or iPad on iOS 18 or later. There's no Android version yet.
Download SplashReel from the App Store. It's free, and filming as a second camera stays free. You never pay for this role.
Both devices need the same version of SplashReel. If yours is older, your phone can't join at all, so update from the App Store before you leave home.

2 Tap "Join as camera"

Open SplashReel and tap Join as camera. That's the whole role. You're not tagging anything.
Keep Wi-Fi ON, even though there's no network to join. That's how the phones and the iPad find each other.
Allow the Local Network prompt when iOS asks. Say no and nothing can connect.

3 Type the code, then tap the game

The tagger's iPad shows a yellow 4-digit camera code in its top bar. Ask them to read it out, or to tap it so it blows up big.
Type it into the keypad, then tap your game in the list. Games are listed by game and team, like "vs Riptide · 16U White", so you can't join the wrong club by accident.
It's a new code every game, and last week's won't work. Turning up at half time is fine, because the code sits in the top bar all game.

4 Wait for "Synced," then record

When it says “Synced ± N ms” you're locked to the iPad's clock. Now tap Record, and Stop when you're done. You start and stop on your own, whenever you like.
Check the corners. Filming starts straight away, and for three seconds the picture opens out to show you the whole frame. Look at the edges, not the middle. A tripod clamp, a finger or the lip of a case creeps in from a corner, and it's very easy to film a whole game without noticing. Tap to skip. If the frame is wrong, Stop and start again: you've lost a few seconds, not the game.
Then the screen is just a viewfinder. The buttons step aside and leave you the picture, a red dot, how long you've been filming, and Stop. Stop never moves. The chevron beside it brings everything else back for a few seconds.
Every play the tagger marks comes back to their iPad on its own, as your angle. You don't send anything by hand.
If your phone locks or you switch apps, a Disconnected banner appears. It rejoins on its own, or tap to rejoin, and your angles stay in sync.

Where your footage goes

Everything you filmed stays on your phone, under Camera footage in the Library, listed as one part per run of filming.
Only the short tagged moments are sent to the tagging device. The full game stays with you.
Tap the stack icon in the top bar any time to play it back, save it to Photos, or share it. Save my footage to Photos is behind the chevron next to Stop, so you can change your mind mid-game.
A full game is several GB, so start the day with space free and a charged phone.

If it won't connect

“That code didn't work.” Check the four digits on the tagging device. It's a new code every game. Type it again and tap your game.
Still refused with the right code? Both devices need the same version of SplashReel. Update both from the App Store, because a phone on an older version can't send the code at all.
Nothing found? Turn Wi-Fi ON on both devices, even with no network joined, and allow Local Network in iOS Settings.
Clips not arriving? The tagger should keep the iPad on the review screen until your phone says “all delivered.”
More of this in Help.

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