Crowdcut / YouTube to Shorts
Long YouTube videos into Shorts, without scrubbing the timeline.
Paste a link or upload the file. Crowdcut transcribes the whole video, ranks the moments that land, and cuts them to vertical with captions.
In short
Paste a YouTube link and Crowdcut turns it into Shorts: it transcribes the video, reads the chat replay on past streams and timestamps viewers left in the comments, ranks the moments with a real payoff, and cuts them to vertical 9:16 with word-by-word captions. Shorts download with a title, description and tags.
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How it works
Paste the link
Any YouTube video or upload. Several links at once make a series.
The best moments are ranked
Loudness, the transcript and comment timestamps point to the parts worth cutting.
Pick, approve, export
Approve the ones you want and download them with a title, description and tags.
Videos, past streams and long uploads
Paste any public YouTube video or past live stream, or upload the file. Several links at once make a series. A one-hour video takes a few minutes to analyse; multi-hour streams are processed in 30-minute sections so the first clips arrive early.
How the moments are picked
On a past stream, the chat replay shows where viewers reacted. On any video, the transcript and the loudness curve show where something happens, and a language model ranks candidate windows for a clear setup and payoff. When viewers comment a timestamp ("12:41 😂"), those moments are weighted higher.
Shorts that read without sound
Captions are timed to each spoken word with the current word highlighted, grouped into phrases that end at punctuation or a pause. Three hook drafts are written from the transcript. YouTube Shorts can run up to 3 minutes for square or vertical video; Crowdcut cuts 8 to 90 seconds, about 30 by default, which suits most Shorts.
Posting to YouTube
Crowdcut doesn't upload to YouTube through the API yet. Each approved clip has an export pack (the MP4, a title, description and tags) to upload in YouTube Studio, and a "Mark as posted" button so your queue stays right. TikTok is the one-click path: approved clips land in your TikTok drafts.
What it costs
Two clips from any public link are free, with no sign-up; demo clips carry a small Crowdcut mark. Clipper ($29/month) includes 40 clips a month from pasted links and uploads. Edits and re-renders of a clip you already have never count again, so changing the caption style or trimming a Short costs nothing extra. If a channel is your main source, Creator ($79/month) includes 100 clips and one watched channel.
Questions
Can it read YouTube comments for timestamps?
Yes. When viewers comment a timestamp, those moments are weighted higher.
Does it upload to YouTube?
Not through the API yet. Shorts download as an export pack with the video, title, description and tags.
How long can the video be?
Hours. A one-hour video takes a few minutes to analyse.
Your audience already picked the clips.
Plans from $29/month, first month $14.50. Cancel anytime.