5AM

Clip Maker

Long videos in. Shorts out.

Turn long videos into Shorts-ready clips, with AI that finds the moments worth posting. Clip Maker transcribes your talk, podcast, or stream, picks the strongest self-contained moments, and renders each as a vertical clip with burned-in subtitles and an AI title. The work runs on your own computer through the 5am CLI, so a 90-minute video never uploads. Previews are free; each clip you download or publish costs 50 AI credits.

Open Clip Maker

Requires a computer, the current 5am CLI, and FFmpeg. Sign in to use available AI credits or bring your own Gemini API key. Previews are free; each clip you download or publish costs 50 AI credits, with any key. AI calls use credits or are billed by Google on your own key. Audio and an optional video proxy go to Gemini.

Watch the recording-to-clips walkthrough.

Turn an interview into captioned clips

  1. Install the companion and open a recording you have permission to use.
  2. Choose your brief and review the suggested moments, transcript, and captions.
  3. Render a clip locally, then download it or publish it to your library.

Requires a computer, the current 5am CLI, and FFmpeg. Sign in to use available AI credits or bring your own Gemini API key. Previews are free; each clip you download or publish costs 50 AI credits, with any key. AI calls use credits or are billed by Google on your own key. Audio and an optional video proxy go to Gemini.

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Why Clip Maker?

1

AI picks the moments: a hook, a complete thought, a payoff, never starting or ending mid-sentence

2

Burned-in subtitles in multiple styles, with an AI-written title on every clip (right-to-left scripts and CJK included)

3

Rendering happens on your machine via the CLI; audio and, with video analysis, a downscaled video proxy go to Gemini through your AI credits or your own key

4

Everything is editable: fix the transcript and stale clips re-render; open any clip's edit script, nudge a cut, save

5

Projects persist on your machine: close the tab mid-render, reopen next week, publish when ready

6

Publish only the keepers to your library, or hand them to the Video Editor timeline for polish

Key Features

Local processing through the 5am CLI; the source video never uploads
One cached transcription; re-runs with a new brief or clip count skip the paid call
Portrait, square, landscape, or original aspect with smart center-crop
In-browser transcript and per-clip edit-script (.vedl) editing with instant re-renders
Pick sources from local folders or your 5AM library
Scriptable twin: `5am media clips` for headless/cron workflows

Ready to get started?

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