Hello, I'm PTP and I am a splicaholic.

You don't need any video, there are plenty of resources at samsonrope.com and marlowropes.com . However, having the real tools is nice but you really don't even need those. a bic pen is all you really need to do most splices on non-covered lines (but you can certainly taper covered lines with a bic pen, depending on the size).