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Video to Shorts Converter
Converting to Shorts isn't trimming. It's picking, reshaping, captioning, and getting it posted.
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Features
Any Long Source
Public YouTube, Twitch, and Kick video, whatever the topic. Length caps at 2 hours on Starter, 5 on Pro, and 10 on Scale.
The Picking Is the Hard Part
You do not watch the source to find candidates. AutoClip scores the whole thing for what would hold a scrolling viewer and converts only those stretches.
One Source, Every Short-Form Feed
The same run produces clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and Facebook Reels, plus the other destinations you have connected — 13+ in total.
Reframed and Captioned, Not Just Cropped
Conversion includes a crop that follows the speaker and word-synced captions burned in, which is the difference between a Short and a squashed clip of a podcast.
How It Works
Paste a video URL
Podcasts, gaming VODs, interviews, sports commentary — any public YouTube, Twitch, or Kick source.
AutoClip picks and converts
It scores the whole video, takes the strongest moments, and converts each into a vertical clip with captions.
Post the Shorts
Send them to TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and Facebook Reels on a spaced schedule, or export and post yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I convert?
Any public YouTube, Twitch, or Kick video: podcasts, streams, interviews, lectures, sports, vlogs, news commentary. Sources cap at 2 hours on Starter, 5 on Pro, and 10 on Scale.
How is converting different from trimming a clip out?
Trimming gives you a 16:9 fragment. Converting means choosing a moment that stands alone, reshaping it to 9:16 without losing the speaker, captioning it for muted viewing, and sizing it for the feed it is going to. The trim is the easy fifth of that.
How many Shorts come out of one video?
Around 9 from a typical video, capped at 6 per video on Starter, 12 on Pro, and 15 on Scale. Dense, fast-moving sources give up more; a slow stream with long quiet stretches gives up fewer.
Do I have to watch the source first?
No, and that is most of the time saved. What is worth doing is skimming the output — a clip can score well and still need context you know about and the scoring did not.
Can a whole channel be converted automatically?
Yes. Monitoring covers public YouTube, Twitch, and Kick — 1 channel on Starter, 3 on Pro, 10 on Scale — and every new upload gets converted without a submission step.
What's the fastest setup?
Monitoring plus auto-posting. New uploads become posted Shorts with no manual step, typically about 10–15 minutes after pickup for a normal-length video. Spread the posting schedule out rather than dumping nine clips at once.
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