Free Tool

Automatic Highlight Generator

Nobody wants to rewatch a six-hour stream to find the four minutes worth posting.

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Features

Nothing to Sit Through

Submit a URL and highlights come back. The source never has to be watched by a human before it produces something postable.

Ranked, With Reasons

Highlights arrive ordered by score, and each score breaks into 5 criteria you can read. The best one is at the top, and you can see why it got there.

Long Sources Handled

Gaming VODs, full podcast episodes, event recordings. Source length caps at 2 hours on Starter, 5 on Pro, and 10 on Scale — and streams bill at 35–90 credits rather than a credit per minute.

Whole-Channel Highlights

Monitor a public YouTube, Twitch, or Kick channel and highlights get generated from each new upload without a submission step.

How It Works

1

Paste a video URL

Any public YouTube, Twitch, or Kick source. Nothing to download first, nothing to convert.

2

AutoClip ranks the highlights

Every stretch is scored on how likely it is to hold attention; the top ones are cut into standalone clips and ordered best-first.

3

Download or post them

Send highlights to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and other connected destinations, or export them yourself.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an automatic highlight generator?

A tool that reads a long video, decides which moments would stand on their own, and cuts them out — without a person watching the source first. The judgment call it is making is not 'what happened' but 'what would someone stop scrolling for'.

How does it decide what's a highlight?

It weighs how strong the opening beat is, how much emotional intensity the moment carries, whether it lands a payoff, and whether it makes sense without surrounding context. The breakdown is shown per clip, across 5 criteria, so you can see the reasoning rather than take it on faith.

Can it handle very long videos?

Yes — multi-hour streams, full podcast episodes, event recordings, up to 10 hours on Scale. Processing time scales with length: about 10–15 minutes for a typical video, meaningfully longer for a six-hour VOD.

Do highlights come with captions?

Yes, word-synced and burned into the file in karaoke, pop, or bounce styles. Muted playback is the default on every short-form feed, so an uncaptioned highlight is working with one hand tied.

Can I generate highlights for a whole channel?

Yes. Channel monitoring covers public YouTube, Twitch, and Kick — 1 channel on Starter, 3 on Pro, 10 on Scale. Combine it with auto-posting and highlights publish without a manual step.

Is there a free tier?

The free plan produces watermarked trial clips with 2 connected accounts. Starter at $19.99/mo is watermark-free and includes 200 credits, 10 videos a month, one monitored channel, and scheduling.

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