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Turn StreamYard shows into short clips

Download the show from your StreamYard library and upload it, or paste its YouTube link once the stream has ended. Clyper finds the moments worth posting, frames whoever's talking and captions every word: up to 30 clips from a show.

Upload your recording

MP4, MOV, WebM or MKV, up to 4 GB and 4 hours

Already on YouTube? Paste the link instead.

How to download a StreamYard recording

StreamYard records live streams on Core and higher plans, and only the account's Owners and Admins can download them; guests can't. Free and Essential don't record live streams, and Free can't download anything, so if you streamed to YouTube on one of those, use that link (step 5).

  1. 1
    Before the show, set the studio to 1080p: Settings, then General, then Broadcast quality (on paid plans). From Core up, live streams are recorded automatically.
  2. 2
    After the show, open your Library from the menu on the left and click the recording.
  3. 3
    Click Download in the upper right corner and choose the cloud video: the show as it went out, with everyone on stage and your banners and logo. It's an MP4 (H.264, 30 fps) at 1280 × 720 or 1920 × 1080, whichever you streamed in. Recordings download one at a time.
  4. 4
    Turned on local recordings before the show? Each person's own file is under the player: Download all, or Download next to one. Each is one person's clean camera, with no banners or logo, up to 4K on Advanced, Teams and Business if you pick 4K in the studio: the sharpest file for a solo show. For a show with guests, upload the cloud video.
  5. 5
    Streamed to YouTube? Once the stream has ended and YouTube has saved it, paste its link into Clyper instead, with nothing to download.
  6. 6
    Otherwise, upload the MP4 to Clyper.

StreamYard keeps recordings until you delete them (on Free, for 12 months), within your plan's storage: 5 hours on Free, 50 on Core and Advanced, 700+ on Business. Once it's full, new streams aren't recorded in StreamYard, and if you've turned on automatic deletion, the oldest recordings go. Core and Advanced record up to 10 hours of a stream (24 on Business). Moving to Free? Download first: recordings go when the paid term ends.

How it works

  1. 1

    Add the show

    Upload the MP4 from your StreamYard library, or paste the YouTube link of a stream that's ended.

  2. 2

    Get the clips

    Clyper finds the answers, stories and takes that stand on their own, frames the speaker and captions it.

  3. 3

    Post them

    Check each clip in the editor, then download 1080 × 1920 MP4s with no watermark for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.

What you get

  • Follows whoever's talkingIn side-by-side and group layouts, it crops to the person speaking and cuts to the next when they answer.
  • Slides with a speakerWhen the speaker is a small, steady box in a corner over a shared screen, it can stack them over the middle of the screen.
  • Whole sentencesEvery clip is 20 to 60 seconds and starts and ends on a full sentence.
  • Captions in 50+ languagesEvery word, in the show's language, placed clear of TikTok's, Reels' and Shorts' buttons.
  • Scored for the hookEach clip gets a hook score, so you post the strongest first.
  • No watermarkClean 9:16 MP4s you download and post anywhere.

“Tripled our client load without hiring anyone. Clyper is basically a second team.”

Dan Reyes, lowkey media · 9 clients

StreamYard's AI clips, and when Clyper fits better

StreamYard has its own AI clips: open a recording in your library and click Generate clips, and it makes vertical, captioned clips with titles, reframed on whoever is speaking. Say “Clip that” on air and it takes the 30 seconds before as one of the moments to clip. It takes recordings up to 6 hours, lists 15 languages, can publish straight to connected Shorts and Reels accounts, and has monthly clip limits by plan: 2 on Free, 6 on Core, 25 on Advanced, unlimited on Business. If that covers your show, use it.

Clyper is the better fit when:

  • you want a set number of clips from every show: you choose, up to 30 from an hour;
  • the show went out on YouTube from the Free or Essential plan, which don't record live streams: paste the YouTube link;
  • the show is in a language AI clips doesn't list: Clyper captions in 50+;
  • you clip shows for clients, from their YouTube links or files, without their StreamYard login.

Studio layouts that clip well

  • Big faces crop best. The Single and Spotlight layouts make one speaker big. Cropped (a 50/50 split) and Group work too, since Clyper picks whoever's talking, but with many people on stage each tile is small and the clip looks soft.
  • Banners and the logo are in the recording. A vertical crop keeps about a third of the frame's width, so a full-width banner loses its ends and a corner logo usually drops out. Keep banner text short and central.
  • Screen shares: one with no face on it is cropped to its middle, so use big text in the middle of each slide.

Before you post: guests, viewers and permission

Ask guests before you post their clips, and send them theirs: their audience is the easiest one to win. If you put viewers' comments on screen, their names and words are in the clip too. Clip other people's shows only with their permission.

For what to post and how often, see how to grow a podcast with clips and how to promote a podcast. A show over 4 hours splits into parts with the free video splitter; more on clipping episodes in podcast clips with Clyper.

What it costs

A credit is a minute of video, so a plan is how much video you can clip in a month, however many clips it makes. A 90-minute show uses 90 credits and can give up to 30 clips.

  • Starter

    $20/mo

    150 minutes, about 75 clips

  • Pro

    $19/mo yearly

    400 minutes, about 200 clips

  • Studio

    $48/mo yearly

    1,000 minutes, about 500 clips

    Also as 2× or 4×, for more of both

See the plans in full

Questions

Can I make clips from a StreamYard stream?

Yes. On Core or a higher plan, download the recording from your StreamYard library and upload it to Clyper. If you streamed to YouTube, paste the link once the stream has ended and been saved.

Where are StreamYard recordings saved?

In your StreamYard library, until you delete them, up to your plan's storage: 5 hours on Free, 50 on Core and Advanced, 700+ on Business.

Can I download StreamYard recordings on the free plan?

No. The Free plan can't download recordings and doesn't record live streams at all; live streams are recorded from Core up. If the stream went to YouTube, you can paste its YouTube link into Clyper.

Does StreamYard have its own AI clips?

Yes. AI clips makes vertical, captioned clips from a recording in your library, with monthly limits by plan: 2 on Free, 6 on Core, 25 on Advanced and unlimited on Business.

Can Clyper connect to my StreamYard account?

No. Clyper takes YouTube links and uploaded files, with no app connections. Download the recording and upload it, or use the YouTube link.

How long can the recording be?

Clyper takes up to 4 hours and 4 GB a file; StreamYard records up to 10 hours of a stream (24 on Business). Cut a longer one into parts with the free video splitter, which copies them without re-encoding.

Sources

Read on October 21, 2026. Apps change their menus and plans often, so check their help pages if a step doesn't match what you see.

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