Recording guide · Pivo

Pivo Pod

Tracks one person with your phone. Not suited to full team games.

No subscription needed

Look out for "Unverified – check against your app"

Steps with that label aren't confirmed in the maker's help, or depend on your app or firmware version. Check them on your own device, and follow the maker's help if anything differs.

What it is

Pivo is a motorised phone mount with a free app. It tracks one person, so it isn't suited to filming a whole team game.

Own subscription or cloud? The app is free.

What you need

Your phone, the Pivo Pod and the free Pivo app

Before match day

Step 1:
Charge everything the night before
Camera, phone and any power bank you use.
Step 2:
Check there's storage space
Clear space on the card, phone or account before match day – after copying off anything you want to keep.
Step 3:
Type the match details into your notes
Team names, kit colours, opponent and kick-off. Squono's match setup card shows them ready to copy. Entering them in Squono does not configure your camera.

On match day

Step 1:
Expect it to follow one person, not the game
For a whole match, a fixed wide view is often better.
Step 2:
Setting up and recording: unverified – see the maker's help
Unverified – check against your app
Squono hasn't been able to confirm these steps. Follow the maker's own instructions.
Maker's help(opens in a new tab)

After the match: get your file out and upload it

Step 1:
Find the video in your phone's camera roll
Step 2:
Open Upload in Squono
Use a computer or a phone on Wi-Fi. Big match files upload far more reliably on Wi-Fi than on mobile data.
Go to Upload →
Step 3:
Choose the team, then the match
Pick the fixture the recording belongs to, so the video appears on the right match page.
Step 4:
Choose the full match file
Under "What is it?" choose "Full match (one file)". MP4 or MOV works best. Keep the page open until the upload has finished.
Step 5:
Wait for processing
Squono's video provider processes the file. Long matches can take a while. You can leave the page once the upload has finished.
Step 6:
Review, then publish
When the video is ready for review, watch a little of it, check it's the right match, choose who can see it and publish. Nothing is published automatically.
Open Review →

File format

Your phone's own video format
Phones often record HEVC. Squono accepts it.

Before the maker deletes it

No maker deadline
The video stays on your phone until you delete it.

Upload tips

Squono plays matches at up to 1080p
Uploading a 4K file is fine, but viewers will see it at up to 1080p in Squono.
HEVC and H.264 both work
Squono's video provider processes both. You don't need to convert files before uploading.
Very large files
Very large single files haven't all been tested yet. If an upload is refused for size, split the recording (for example by half) and upload each part to the same fixture.

Costs and clouds

Free app

Important

Keep your originals

Copy the untouched original file (and any goal clips you want to keep) to a computer or drive before deleting anything from the camera, the card or the maker's cloud. Squono's processed stream is not a backup of your original file.

Sources

Pivo – Pivo Pods(opens in a new tab) – checked 29 Sep 2026

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