Game Finish & Cleanup¶
After processing all segments and rendering shorts, finalize the game and optionally clean up generated artifacts.
Finish a game¶
reeln game finish
This marks the game as finished in game.json and shows a summary:
Segments processed
Events (tagged and untagged counts)
Renders produced
Highlight reel status
Preview before finishing¶
reeln game finish --dry-run
Specify the game directory¶
reeln game finish -o ~/Movies/games/2026-04-02_roseville_vs_mahtomedi
Clean up artifacts¶
Remove generated files (merges, highlights, renders) while keeping raw event clips:
reeln game prune -o .
Also remove raw event clips:
reeln game prune --all -o .
Preview what would be deleted¶
reeln game prune --dry-run -o .
Note: Prune only works on finished games. Run
game finishfirst.
Global cleanup¶
Clean up all finished games in a directory:
reeln media prune -o ~/Movies/games
# Preview
reeln media prune --dry-run -o ~/Movies/games
Complete game lifecycle¶
Here’s the full flow from start to finish:
# 1. Initialize
reeln game init roseville mahtomedi --sport hockey
# 2. Process segments as the game progresses
reeln game segment 1
reeln game segment 2
reeln game segment 3
# 3. Tag notable events
reeln game event tag abc123 --type goal --player "#17 Smith"
# 4. Merge full-game highlights
reeln game highlights
# 5. Render shorts for social media
reeln render short clip.mkv --crop crop --speed 0.5 --game-dir .
# 6. Assemble a reel
reeln render reel --game-dir .
# 7. Finish
reeln game finish
# 8. Clean up when done
reeln game prune -o .
Next steps¶
Plugins — automate uploads and metadata with plugins
Configuration — customize paths and settings