diff --git a/pipeline/producers.py b/pipeline/producers.py
index 8575719..5f64901 100644
--- a/pipeline/producers.py
+++ b/pipeline/producers.py
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class VideoProducer(Producer):
 class FfmpegVideoProducer(VideoProducer):
     """Produce videos using ffmpeg"""
     # TODO: consider output filename options
+    _CONFIG_COMPILE_CLIPS = True
+
+    def __init__(self, features, compile_clips=_CONFIG_COMPILE_CLIPS) -> None:
+        if not features:
+            raise ValueError("No features provided")
+        # TODO: consider if we want to permit empty features (producing no video)
+        self.features = features
+        self._compile_clips = compile_clips
 
     def _run_no_output(self, cmd: list, cwd:str=".") -> None:
         """Run a command and return the output as a string
@@ -36,12 +44,6 @@ class FfmpegVideoProducer(VideoProducer):
         """
         subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=None, stderr=None, cwd=cwd)
 
-    def __init__(self, features):
-        if not features:
-            raise ValueError("No features provided")
-        # TODO: consider if we want to permit empty features (producing no video)
-        self.features = features
-
     def _ffmpeg_feature_to_clip(self, feature=None, output_filepath=None):
         """use ffmpeg to produve a video clip from a feature"""
         OVERWRITE = True # TODO: consider making this a config option
@@ -99,9 +101,10 @@ class FfmpegVideoProducer(VideoProducer):
             clips.append(output_filepath)
 
         # concatenate the clips
-        output_filepath = f"{OUTPUT_DIR}/highlights.mp4"
-        self._ffmpeg_concat_clips(clips, output_filepath)
-        logging.info(f"Produced video: {output_filepath}")
+        if self._compile_clips:
+            output_filepath = f"{OUTPUT_DIR}/highlights.mp4"
+            self._ffmpeg_concat_clips(clips, output_filepath)
+            logging.info(f"Produced video: {output_filepath}")
 
 class VisualisationProducer(Producer):
     """Visualisation producer -- illustrate the features we have extracted"""