Drop in a YouTube URL or upload any video file from your device. Klap supports videos up to 3 hours long and works with MP4, MOV, and WebM files. Direct import from YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, Loom, Google Drive, and Dropbox. No software install — everything runs in your browser.
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Long Video to Short Video Converter — Try Free with AI
Paste any long video. Klap's AI picks the best moments and turns them into 10+ shorts in minutes. Ready for TikTok, Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Free to try, no credit card required.
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How to convert long video to short video in 3 steps
The AI scans your full video for hooks, punchlines, emotional peaks, and quotable lines. In minutes, you get 10+ ready-to-post short clips ranked by Virality Score. Each clip is auto-reframed to 9:16 with captions baked in and speaker tracking keeping faces centered.
Export individual clips or batch-export the whole set. Connect your YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok accounts to publish straight from Klap, or schedule weeks of content with the built-in calendar.
10+ viral shorts in minutes — no editing needed
Stop wasting hours scrubbing a timeline. Klap's long video to short video converter analyzes your entire upload in minutes and returns 10+ short clips you can post immediately. Each one is sized for vertical platforms, captioned, and ready to share. Upload a single long video, walk away, and come back to a week of content.
Every clip gets a Virality Score from 0-100
Klap doesn't just cut your video into chunks — it scores every clip on hook strength, pacing, retention signals, and topic relevance. The most viral-ready shorts are surfaced first, so you always know which clip to post next. Stop guessing what will hit. Test more, post smarter, and double down on what works.
Direct your AI with plain-English prompts
Tell Klap exactly what you want from your long video. Type prompts like "find the funniest moments", "extract all product mentions", or "get every Q&A answer" — the AI understands natural language and pulls exactly the moments you ask for. Perfect when you have a specific story to tell or a specific clip your audience expects.
Convert long videos in 99+ languages
Klap's AI works in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Indonesian, Mandarin, and more: 99+ languages in all. Captions are auto-generated in your video's source language. You can also translate clips between languages in one click — convert a Spanish podcast into an English short, or a Mandarin interview into a French Reel.
Auto-captions and AI Reframe 2 built in
Every short comes with captions perfectly synced to speech and animated keyword highlights that boost watch time. AI Reframe 2 (Klap's content-aware reframer) detects content zones — webcam overlay, gameplay backdrop, screen recordings — and focuses on the active speaker face or saliency point as it reframes from 16:9 to 9:16. No awkward cropping, no missed faces. Multi-layout support handles split-screen interviews, picture-in-picture gameplay, and 3- and 4-screen podcast layouts automatically.
Convert YouTube video to shorts in one paste
Drop any YouTube link into the converter — public videos, your own uploads, long-form interviews, podcasts, livestreams. Klap pulls the video directly, processes it, and delivers your shorts without any download or transfer step. The same flow works for Twitch, Vimeo, Loom, Google Drive, and Dropbox links. Dedicated flow: YouTube to Shorts converter.
Built for every kind of creator
Klap's long video to short video converter works the same way for everyone — but the wins look different depending on what you make. Pick the persona closest to you to see the output you can expect.
One 30-minute video → 10+ Shorts
Posting daily used to mean editing daily. Now one long YouTube video becomes 10+ Shorts that drive subscribers back to your main channel. Creators who post 5 Shorts per week from repurposed long-form content see channel growth at 3-5x the rate of long-form-only creators. Some Klap users have grown from 1K to 100K subscribers in weeks doing exactly this.
YouTubers
One 30-minute video → 10+ Shorts
Posting daily used to mean editing daily. Now one long YouTube video becomes 10+ Shorts that drive subscribers back to your main channel. Creators who post 5 Shorts per week from repurposed long-form content see channel growth at 3-5x the rate of long-form-only creators. Some Klap users have grown from 1K to 100K subscribers in weeks doing exactly this.
Podcasters
2-hour episode → 20 audio-visual clips
Your best podcast moments are buried inside long episodes. Klap surfaces the funniest exchanges, sharpest insights, and most-quoted lines automatically. One 2-hour episode becomes 20 vertical, captioned clips ready for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts — a full month of social content from one recording session. No re-listening, no manual trimming. Try the dedicated podcast clip maker.
Streamers
3-hour stream → 30 clips
Every big call, funny moment, and reaction you talk through becomes a TikTok-ready clip. Klap finds the highlights from your Twitch or YouTube livestream automatically — a 3-hour stream typically yields about 30 short clips. Your content keeps working while you're offline. Grow your audience between streams instead of scrambling to clip after them. Build full reels with the highlight video maker.
Marketers
60-minute webinar → 20 social clips
One 60-minute webinar becomes 20 social-ready clips. One customer interview becomes a testimonial library. Klap converts long-form B2B and event content into the short, captioned, vertical clips your social channels actually need — without paying an agency or hiring an editor. One upload, an entire month of LinkedIn and Instagram content.
Why Klap is the best long video to short video converter
Clips in minutes
Upload once, get 10+ shorts back in minutes, with no editing on your side.
Clean exports
Clips exported on a paid plan carry no Klap branding. Post them anywhere.
Every major source
MP4, MOV, and WebM uploads + direct link import from YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, Loom, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
Hours of video supported
Convert videos up to 3 hours long in a single upload. Perfect for podcasts, livestreams, and webinars.
99+ languages
Captions in English, Spanish, French, Mandarin and many more. Translate clips between languages in one click.
Speaker tracking
AI keeps the active speaker centered when reframing from 16:9 to 9:16. No awkward crops, no missed faces.
Direct publish + schedule
Connect YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to publish from Klap. Plan a month of content in the built-in calendar.
API for teams and agencies
Process video at scale via the Klap API. Drop-in integration for agencies, podcast networks, and media companies.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert long video to short video for free?
Paste a YouTube link or upload your video into Klap's long video to short video converter. The AI scans your full video and generates 10+ short clips in minutes, each auto-reframed to 9:16 vertical with synced captions. You can try Klap free on 1 video with no credit card: create a free account and Klap turns that video into clips you can preview and edit. Downloading and posting clips needs a paid plan. Paid exports carry no Klap branding.
What is the best AI to convert long videos to shorts?
Klap is a long-video-to-shorts AI converter used by 3.5M creators. Unlike traditional converters that just cut your video into chunks, Klap ranks every clip by Virality Score — so the most engaging moments are surfaced first — and publishes directly to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels in one click. Free to try, no credit card required. See the cluster hub AI clip maker.
How do I turn a long YouTube video into Shorts?
Copy any YouTube URL — your own video or a public one — and paste it into Klap. The converter pulls the video directly from YouTube, scans the full content, and returns 10+ Shorts-ready clips in minutes. Clips are pre-sized to 9:16 vertical with captions and ready to upload to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, or Reels.
How does Klap's video to shorts converter work?
Klap's AI analyzes the audio, visuals, and pacing of your long video to find the moments most likely to perform well as shorts — hooks, emotional peaks, punchlines, and quotable lines. It then extracts those moments, applies speaker tracking and 9:16 reframing, adds animated captions, and assigns each clip a Virality Score before returning them to you.
What video formats and sources does Klap support?
Klap accepts MP4, MOV, and WebM file uploads up to 3 hours long. You can also paste links from YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, Loom, Google Drive and Dropbox, or a direct video link. No software download required — the converter runs entirely in your browser.
How long can my source video be?
Klap handles videos up to 3 hours long in a single upload. The converter is built for podcast episodes, full livestreams, webinars, and long YouTube videos — not just short interviews. Longer videos produce more clips, and each clip counts toward your plan's monthly clips. Most videos are ready in 5 to 20 minutes, depending on length.
Does Klap add watermarks to my shorts?
Not on paid plans: clips you download or post on a paid plan carry no Klap branding. The free trial turns 1 video into clips you can preview and edit in Klap, and downloading or posting them needs a paid plan. Paid plans start at $14.50/month billed yearly ($29 month to month).
How many shorts can I create from one long video?
Typically 10+ shorts from a 30-minute video, 20+ from a 2-hour podcast, and about 30 from a 3-hour livestream. The exact number depends on how many strong moments the AI identifies — videos with lots of distinct talking points generate more clips. You can also adjust the target number and clip length before exporting.
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