How to Turn a Long Stream Into Shorts in 5 Steps

Turn a Twitch, Kick, YouTube, or Rumble stream into captioned vertical clips with Clypse. The free plan gives 30 credits for one video.

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Short answer

How do you turn a long stream into Shorts?

Pick Clypse if you want to turn a Twitch, Kick, YouTube, or Rumble stream into vertical clips. It finds moments automatically and supports a free plan with 30 credits, enough for one video, with no card required. Edit captions and trim clips in the browser, then export 1080p vertical MP4s.

Workflow

How to turn a long stream into shorts with Clypse

  1. 1

    Add your stream

    Import a Twitch, Kick, YouTube, or Rumble recording, or upload a file.

  2. 2

    Run automatic clipping

    Start the scan to find clip-worthy moments with setup, payoff, and clean endings.

  3. 3

    Review vertical clips

    Review clips with automatic 9:16 reframing that keeps the face or action in frame.

  4. 4

    Edit captions and hooks

    Use the built-in editor to trim clips, adjust caption styles, and add hook text.

  5. 5

    Export or schedule

    Export 1080p vertical MP4 clips, or auto-post to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels.

How long does it take to turn a stream into Shorts?

For most YouTube, Twitch, and Kick videos, Clypse finishes processing in about 10 to 15 minutes. This is an observed expectation for most videos, rather than a fixed completion time for every recording. Processing time can vary with the recording and the queue. Clypse Studio places jobs at the front of the queue when it is busy. Clypse supports Twitch, Kick, YouTube, and Rumble as source platforms.

How they compare

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Feature comparison; each cell cites its source in the footnotes.
FeatureClypseOpusClipVizardKlap
Free planYes[8]Yes[1]Yes[2]1 video for free [3]
Free allowanceFree: 30 credits [8]Free Forever: 60 processing minutes/mo [4]Free: 60 minutes [2]not stated
Free clip expiryClips expire in 3 days [8]After 3 days, the clips will no longer be exportable [1]3-day storage [2]not stated
Import sourcesTwitch, Kick, YouTube, Rumble, file upload [8]Apple Podcast, YouTube, Google Drive, Vimeo, Zoom, Zoom Clips, and 14 more [5]not statedYouTube video links, video files [3]
Automatic clippingYes[8]Yes[1]StarterYes[2]Yes[6]
Automatic captionsAuto captions on every clip, with a caption editor [8]Starter: AI animated captions in 20+ languages [1]Auto subtitling; Subtitle translation [2]AI generated captions [3]
Vertical reframingAutomatic 9:16 reframing that keeps the face or action in frame; split layouts for… [8]Free: Auto reframe [1]Auto reframe [2]Automatically reframe your video clips to always focus on the most important subject. [3]
Built-in editorBuilt-in clip editor with trim, caption styles and hook text, exporting from the browser [8]Starter: Powerful editor [1]Free: Full access to video editor [2]AI Editing [3]
Export resolution1080p vertical MP4 [8]Free: Up to 1080p rendered clips [1]Creator: 4K [2]not stated

45,829[8]

clips delivered to users

Clypse has delivered 45,829 clips to users as of October 10, 2026.

Our own data.

Questions streamers ask

What does one credit buy in Clypse or OpusClip?
In Clypse, credit use is based on source length: a 30-minute video costs 30 credits, a 1-hour video costs 60, a 3-hour stream costs 90, and a 6-hour stream costs 135, with a minimum of 10 credits per video. OpusClip uses 1 credit per minute of original video imported.
How long can a stream be in Clypse?
Clypse's free plan accepts videos up to 2 hours long, while Clypse Pro scans streams up to 6 hours.
Can I cancel Clypse anytime?
Yes. Clypse states that you can cancel anytime, with no hidden fees.

How we checked this

We checked the available pricing and feature pages on October 12, 2026, then matched each workflow step to a product, plan, source, limit, editing option, or export condition. Clypse pricing and allowance figures come from our product and billing data, including the Free plan’s 30 credits and one-video trial, Pro’s 200 credits, and Studio’s 500 credits. Prices were checked against their billing periods, while limits were kept tied to the plan that publishes them, such as Free’s one video and two watermarked downloads and Pro’s six-hour stream limit. Details without support on the pages we checked are left out rather than inferred, including unlisted source, editing, caption, or export behaviour.

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Turn your stream into Shorts

Paste or upload a Twitch, Kick, YouTube, or Rumble stream and generate captioned vertical clips with automatic reframing; the free plan covers one video and up to 2 watermarked downloads.

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