One of the more recent features added to Youtube is the ability to create a clip of a live stream.
Creating a clip can be useful if you want to save a certain section of your stream to use for social media content at a later date and is especially good to use if something unexpected or funny happens. It’s a great way to encourage viewer interaction too and really make them feel part of the stream.
How long are clips on Youtube?
Clips are between 5-60 seconds long and are played on a loop from the original video’s watch page.
How to create a clip on Youtube?
Step 1:
First you’ll need to sign in to Youtube. You won’t be able to create a clip if you’re signed out.
Step 2:
Start watching a video.
Step 3
Under the video, click the Clip option.
If you don’t see this, the video isn’t eligible for Clips.
A create clip box will show up
Step 4
Select the section of the video you’d like to clip. You can increase (maximum of 60 seconds) or decrease (minimum of 5 seconds) the length of your selection by dragging the slider.
Give the clip a title (max 140 characters).
Click SHARE CLIP.
Step 5:
You’ll then be given the option of how you want to share the clip. These are:
Copy the link: Click the COPY button to copy a link to the video that you can paste somewhere else, like in an email message.
Social networks: Click a social network icon (for example, Facebook or Twitter) to share the video there.
Embed: Click the Embed button to generate a code you can use to embed the video in a website.
Email: Choose the email icon to send an email using the default email software on your computer.
And that’s it done. It really is as simple as that to create a clip on Youtube.
