Keeper rate
Also known as: hit rate, usable clip rate
The share of recorded clips that turn out usable, a figure that says more about filming habits than about riding ability.
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What it means
A keeper rate counts outcomes. Of the clips recorded, how many of them survive a review pass, and the honest figure is lower than anybody guesses. One in ten is a normal starting point.
It is not the same as the Footage-to-highlight ratio, which measures duration. This counts attempts, so it reflects decisions about when to press record rather than how long the camera ran.
Technical faults dominate the losses. Shake, bad light, a cut-off framing and a camera pointed slightly wrong account for more rejections than weak riding does. The camera fails more often than the rider.
How it works in practice
Checking framing once per session lifts it immediately. A mount angle verified before the first run is the simplest improvement available. Nothing else returns as much for as little.
Recording selectively raises it mechanically. Fewer attempts recorded means a higher share of them worth keeping, and the ones left out were mostly the ones that failed anyway, which is why the figure rises.
Reviewing honestly is what makes the figure useful. A Clip selection pass that keeps everything produces a flattering number and a worse edit. The figure only helps if it is measured strictly.
What to watch out for
A low rate gets blamed on equipment. More cameras raise the number of keepers and leave the rate unchanged, which is why Hours of footage grows and edits do not improve.
Mounted cameras have an inherently low rate, and that is fine. A Helmet mount left running is not trying for a high share; it is trying not to miss anything.
The figure also hides variation. One session in bad light can drag a season average down, and the useful comparison is between similar conditions rather than across all of them.
How RawClip handles it
A low keeper rate is absorbed rather than penalised: every clip is scored and the weak ones simply do not appear in the result. What a better rate changes is how much strong material there is to choose between, which shows up as a longer sequence with fewer compromises in it.