diff --git a/management/commands/generate_clips.py b/management/commands/generate_clips.py
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+import json
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.conf import settings
+
+import item.models
+import itemlist.models
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'generate symlinks to clips and clips.json'
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('--prefix', action='store_', dest='prefix', default="/srv/t_for_time", help='prefix to build clips in')
+
+    def handle(self, **options):
+        prefix = options['prefix']
+        clips = []
+        for i in item.models.Item.objects.filter(data__type__contains="Original"):
+            qs = item.models.Item.objects.filter(data__title=i.data['title']).exclude(id=i.id)
+            if qs.count() == 2:
+                clip = {}
+                durations = []
+                for e in item.models.Item.objects.filter(data__title=i.data['title']):
+                    source = i.files.all()[0].data.path
+                    ext = os.path.splitext(source)[1]
+                    type_ = e.data['type'][0].lower()
+                    target = os.path.join(prefix, type_, i.data['title'] + ext)
+                    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(target), exist_ok=True)
+                    if os.path.exists(target):
+                        os.unlink(target)
+                    os.symlink(source, target)
+                    clip[type_] = target
+                    durations.append(e.files.all()[0].duration)
+                clip["duration"] = min(durations)
+                clip['tags'] = i.data.get('tags', [])
+                clips.append(clip)
+
+        with open(os.path.join(prefix, 'clips.json'), 'w') as fd:
+            json.dump(clips, fd, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False)