Guide

How to clip Twitch streams automatically

In short: paste the link to your past broadcast into an AI clipper that reads the whole VOD. It finds the moments that stand on their own and cuts them into vertical, captioned clips, so you only review and post. Viewer clips and chat-based tools help too, but they depend on someone pressing the button or on chat reacting.

Three ways clips get made

1. Viewer and voice clips. Anyone watching can press Twitch's clip button (up to 60 seconds), and you can say "Twitch, Clip That" while live; Twitch adds a portrait version automatically. Free and instant, but you only get the moments someone thought to clip.
2. Chat-based tools. Some tools watch for chat spikes, a sudden burst of messages, and mark those moments. Good for big reactions, but quiet moments that work as clips get missed.
3. AI clippers that read the VOD. They go through the whole broadcast, pick the moments that stand on their own, reframe them to 9:16 and add captions. You review instead of scrubbing.

Doing it with RipClip

1. Make sure your broadcasts are saved: in the Creator Dashboard, under Settings and then Stream, turn on Store past broadcasts.
2. Copy the VOD's address (twitch.tv/videos/ followed by its number). Highlights and clips work too.
3. Paste it at app.ripclip.org. RipClip reads the stream and cuts vertical clips, framed on the speaker and captioned word by word. Paid plans also write a title, post caption and hashtags for each.
4. Review the clips, fix any cut in the editor, then download them or schedule them from the calendar.

Posting from the calendar switches on platform by platform as each one approves RipClip; until then, download the clips and post them yourself. A 2-hour stream uses 66 HU, and the free plan's 110 cover a 4-hour stream.

Tips

• Clip soon. Twitch keeps past broadcasts for 7 days on most channels, 14 for Affiliates and 60 for Partners, Prime and Turbo users (Twitch help).
• Review everything. Automatic picks are a first cut; you know your stream and your audience.
• Mind the rights. Clip your own streams, or ones whose owner has said yes, and be careful with music playing in the background.
• Space the posts out. One stream can fill a week. See turning a Twitch VOD into YouTube Shorts.