Guide

How to turn a Twitch VOD into TikTok clips

In short: keep the past broadcast, pick the moments that make sense without the rest of the stream, make them 9:16 with your cam and the action in frame, add captions and post. Twitch's own clips (up to 60 seconds, with an automatic portrait version) work for single moments; for a whole VOD, a clipper such as RipClip finds and cuts the moments for you.

1. Keep the VOD

Turn on Store past broadcasts in your stream settings. Twitch keeps past broadcasts for 7 days on most channels, 14 for Affiliates and 60 for Partners, Prime and Turbo users (Twitch help), so clip soon or download the VOD from the Video Producer.

2. One moment at a time: Twitch clips

Press the clip button on your past broadcast, trim to the moment (up to 60 seconds) and publish. Twitch makes a portrait version that keeps your cam and gameplay in frame, and can post clips to TikTok, YouTube, Instagram or Snapchat (Twitch help). Great for a handful of moments you remember.

3. The whole VOD: a clipper

1. Copy the VOD's address (twitch.tv/videos/ followed by its number).
2. Paste it at app.ripclip.org. RipClip reads the whole broadcast and cuts the moments that stand on their own into vertical clips, framed on the speaker and captioned word by word.
3. Fix any cut, caption or layout in the editor.
4. Schedule the clips to TikTok across the week from the calendar, or download them. Posting switches on platform by platform as each one approves RipClip; until then, download your clips and post them yourself.

4. What makes it work on TikTok

• Start on the moment. No intro, no "so anyway".
• Stand alone. If it needs five minutes of context, it isn't a clip.
• Captions on. People can follow with the sound off.
• Vertical. 9:16, with your face visible when your reaction is the point.