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- How to clip a Twitch VOD for TikTok — finding the six postable moments in a three-hour broadcast, cropping 16:9 to 9:16 without cutting off the cam, and the length that performs.
- How to turn a YouTube video into Shorts — picking moments that stand alone with no context, the 3-minute ceiling, and whether Shorts cannibalise the original.
The short answers
How long should a clip be?
21–34 seconds for stream clips. Long enough for a setup and a payoff, short enough to be rewatched — and rewatches are what every short-form feed rewards.
Do captions matter that much?
Yes. A large share of short-form viewing is muted, and platform auto-captions are not reliably on. Burned-in captions are the difference between a clip that reads instantly and one that gets scrolled.
What can't be imported from a link?
Age-restricted, private and members-only videos — they need a signed-in session. Download those and upload the file instead; everything else about the process is the same.
Try it
Paste a VOD or video link and see what ClipFinder pulls out. $7 for a single video, no account needed.