Find the best clips in any YouTube video
Paste a link to a podcast, interview or talk. In about 20 seconds you get the three moments most likely to work as Shorts, Reels or TikToks, with timestamps and a hook line for each
Free, no sign-up. Works on videos with captions (most talking videos have them)
How it picks the moments
A short-form clip has to work on its own: it opens on a line that stops the scroll, makes its point without the rest of the video, and ends on a payoff, all inside about a minute. The tool reads the video's captions with their timestamps and asks a language model to pick the three windows that best meet those rules, without overlapping
It works from text only, which keeps it free and fast. The full AI video clipper goes further: it transcribes the audio word by word, reads faces, laughter and reactions, has a second model review every clip, then cuts them to 9:16 with captions
Questions
- How do I find the best moments in a YouTube video for Shorts?
- Paste the video link above. The tool reads the video's captions, finds the three moments most likely to work as standalone Shorts (a hook in the first seconds, a clear payoff, 20 to 60 seconds long) and gives you their timestamps with a suggested on-screen hook
- Is it free?
- Yes, with no sign-up: a few lookups per day. To cut the moments into vertical clips with captions and a speaker-tracking crop, create a free account, which includes about 15 clips a month
- Why does it say the video has no captions?
- The free tool works from YouTube's captions, manual or automatic. Music videos and videos without speech often have none. The full clipper transcribes the audio itself, so it works on any video you upload