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Twitch & YouTube VOD to Shorts — automatically

ClipMe turns a long YouTube upload or stream VOD into ranked, captioned Shorts. Paste the URL and it reads the whole video, picks the moments worth a vertical cut and renders each to 9:16, plus 1:1 and 16:9 on Pro and Studio. It also clips YouTube, Twitch and Kick streams live, while you are still on air.

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A two-hour YouTube upload is a month of Shorts you haven't cut yet. ClipMe does the cutting. Drop the URL and it scores the whole VOD across proprietary signals, pulls the highest-scoring moments, and renders them to 9:16 Shorts — captioned and ready to publish.

A long YouTube upload — a podcast, a stream VOD, a multi-hour video — is a month of Shorts you haven't cut. The hard part was never the reframing; it's finding which 40 seconds out of two hours is worth a vertical.

ClipMe scores the entire upload across proprietary signals and pulls the standout moments, then renders each to native 9:16 (plus 1:1 and 16:9 from the same source), and captions it, ready to post. One source, no re-editing per platform.

Honest fit note: for pure talking-head podcast uploads, transcript-led tools like OpusClip are excellent and worth a look. Where ClipMe pulls ahead is long stream VODs — multi-hour recordings where chat reaction and stream energy, not just the transcript, mark the moment worth clipping.

A YouTube stream does not have to end before the clips start. Paste the link of a live YouTube stream and ClipMe cuts finished, ranked clips off the live feed during the broadcast, re-checked September 2026, and it does the same on Twitch and Kick. When the stream ends, paste the VOD URL and it processes the whole recording the same way. Upload-first tools never see a broadcast until it has become a file.

What one upload turns into depends on the plan. Starter ($0, no card, not a trial) covers 1 video a month, rendered 9:16 with English captions and a ClipMe watermark, stored for 7 days. Pro ($29 a month) covers 5 streams a month, up to 13 hours each: watermark-free, in 9:16, 1:1 and 16:9 from the same cut, with auto-translated captions in 5 languages, a priority queue and permanent storage. Studio ($99 a month) removes the monthly limit: unlimited streams at any length, 3 team seats, API access and white-label exports. No plan promises a clip count.

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How ClipMe clips YouTube

0 1 Paste the YouTube URL Long upload or stream VOD — ClipMe ingests it directly.
0 2 proprietary signals find the Shorts Per-second scoring surfaces the moments worth a vertical cut.
0 3 Shorts, captioned and posted 5-language captions, native 9:16, queued in your posting planner; you post.

Paste the YouTube URL

Long upload or stream VOD — ClipMe ingests it directly.

proprietary signals find the Shorts

Per-second scoring surfaces the moments worth a vertical cut.

Shorts, captioned and posted

5-language captions, native 9:16, queued in your posting planner; you post.

Scored with a proprietary multi-signal model across the whole VOD.

Every second of the upload is scored across proprietary signals — chat velocity among them where chat exists — so the moments worth a vertical cut surface themselves instead of you scrubbing a two-hour timeline.

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When another tool is the better pick

Talking-head podcasts and interviews

OpusClip, Klap or 2Short.ai. Transcript-led repurposing of a finished file is what they are built for.

Dubbing and 40-plus caption languages

Klap or Submagic carry the large language libraries; ClipMe captions in 5.

A rough cut you will finish yourself

Gling removes silence, filler and bad takes; it does not rank moments. ClipMe's lane is the long stream VOD and the live stream, where the room reacting marks the moment worth a Short. Check its real output before paying: 86 public creator walls and an open dataset of 613 ranked clips.

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Frequently asked

What kind of YouTube video does ClipMe clip best?

Long ones — stream VODs, podcasts and multi-hour uploads. It scores the whole file and ranks the moments, so the longer and messier the source, the more it saves you.

Does it work on a YouTube live stream or only uploads?

Paste a YouTube URL — a finished upload or a stream VOD — and ClipMe ingests it directly and scores the whole thing across proprietary signals.

How many Shorts do I get from one upload?

As many good moments as the video holds — ClipMe cuts every moment that clears the bar rather than a fixed number, so a dense two-hour stream yields more than a tight 20-minute talk.

Talking-head podcast vs long stream — is ClipMe the right tool?

Honest answer: for pure talking-head podcast uploads, transcript-led tools are strong and worth comparing. ClipMe's edge is long stream VODs, where chat reaction and stream energy mark the moment worth clipping, not just the words.

Is there a free way to try it?

ClipMe's Starter plan is free, and it returns real, postable clips.

Do I have to download the video first?

No. Paste the YouTube URL, a long upload or a stream VOD, and ClipMe ingests it directly. Nothing to download, nothing to re-upload.

How long a video can I paste?

Pro: up to 13 hours per stream, 5 streams a month. Studio: no length limit, no monthly limit.

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