Turn live streams and long recordings into YouTube Shorts
Your best minute is somewhere in a two-hour stream. The AI reads the transcript, picks the moments that stand on their own, and turns the one you choose into a vertical, captioned Short, ready for YouTube.
How it works
- Open a long video. A live stream you saved, a Studio recording, or an upload of up to 4 hours. They’re all in the same library.
- Make the transcript. 1 credit a minute, made once and kept with the video.
- Find moments for Shorts. The AI reads the whole transcript and lists the moments that work on their own, each with its time, what was said and why it’s worth a Short. Press Preview to watch one.
- Make it the edit. One click trims the video to that moment, switches it to vertical 9:16, turns on captions and uses the moment as the working title. Fine-tune the start and end by deleting words from the transcript.
- Publish. Your browser renders the Short, and our server uploads it to YouTube with the title and description you choose. Or download it for TikTok and Instagram.
Moments, not random slices
Clip tools that cut every 60 seconds give you a pile of clips to sort through. Here the AI reads what you said and looks for a complete thought: a strong answer to a chat question, a surprising fact, a story with a payoff, a clear opinion. You get a short list with reasons, and you decide which ones become Shorts. Nothing is cut or posted until you choose.
Vertical, centred on your face
Most streams and podcasts are filmed 16:9 with you somewhere in the frame. The vertical crop turns the video into 9:16, and “Center on face” looks at a few frames of each clip and places the vertical window on your face. If you move across the frame, split the clip and each part gets its own position. Face detection runs in your browser, on your computer; the video isn’t sent anywhere to be analysed.
Captions that match the words
Most people watch Shorts with the sound off. Captions come straight from the word-timed transcript, so each word appears when you say it, and they’re burned into the video. Words you cut are gone from the captions too. You can also download the captions as an .srt file.
Why creators who stream use it
- Long sources are fine. Uploads of up to 4 hours and 20 GB on Creator and Pro, so a full stream or a long podcast episode fits in one file.
- No re-uploading. Live streams saved from the Studio and your Studio takes are already in your library. Open one and start cutting.
- No watermark on paid plans. Creator and Pro exports are clean. Only the Free plan adds a small mark.
- The same editor for everything. The Short is an edit like any other: undo, history, saved sessions, level audio to -16 LUFS, your logo from the brand kit.
- Exports don’t expire. A Short you render lands in your library next to the source and stays there while it fits in your plan’s space.
After a live stream
If you go live with Bert, tick “Save a copy to Recordings” and the stream lands in your library when it ends. The after-stream autopilot writes the replay’s title, description and chapters; open the same recording in the editor to find the Shorts in it. See Bert for YouTube live for the live side.
What it costs
The Shorts tools are on Creator, €19 a month plus VAT with 750 credits and a 25 GB library, and Pro, €49 with 2,000 credits and 100 GB. The Free plan has the basic video editor and a 1 GB library, so you can try transcript editing first. See all plans.
Questions
Can I make Shorts on the Free plan?
Not with the Shorts tools. On Free you can cut a clip by hand in the basic editor, but Find moments for Shorts, vertical crop, captions and publishing to YouTube start on Creator (€19 a month plus VAT). Free exports also carry a small watermark; Creator and Pro exports don’t.
How long can the source video be?
Up to 4 hours and 20 GB per upload on Creator and Pro, in MP4, MOV or WebM. Studio recordings and live streams you saved to your library work the same way, with nothing to upload.
What does it cost per video?
The transcript costs 1 credit a minute and is made once, so a 2-hour stream costs 120 credits. Finding moments is one AI call: 1 credit. Cropping, captions and rendering happen in your browser and cost nothing. Creator includes 750 credits a month.
Does the vertical crop work with two people on camera?
“Center on face” sets one position per clip from the faces it finds in a few frames, on your computer. With two people side by side, split the moment where the speaker changes so each part is centred on the right person, and check the preview before you publish.
How does a Short get to YouTube?
Make the moment the edit, check the crop and captions, and press Publish. Vertical videos up to 3 minutes are treated as Shorts by YouTube. Our server does the upload, so you can close the tab once it starts. You can also download the file and post it to TikTok or Instagram yourself.