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How to add captions to Twitch clips
A lot of short video is watched with the sound off. A Twitch clip without captions asks a muted viewer to guess what is happening, and most will scroll on. Here are two ways to add captions, one after the stream and one while it is still live.
After the stream: an editor
Download the clip from your Creator Dashboard (how to download Twitch clips), open it in an editor with automatic captions, check the words, crop it to 9:16 and export. It works, and it takes a few minutes per clip, usually the next day.
While you are live: captions on the clip as it is made
In ClipLive, captions go on while the clip is made, so there is no second step.
- Open the stream in ClipLive: paste the twitch.tv link, or send your own stream with a stream key.
- Make sure captions are on in the Captions tab.
- Mark the moment with I and O, or press X for the last 15, 30 or 60 seconds.
- Choose 9:16 and create the clip. It comes out cropped and captioned, ready to post.
Captions are in English and are part of the Pro plan; during the open beta, confirmed accounts get Pro features free. You can switch them off for yourself at any time.
Captions that help
- Check names and game terms before you post. Speech recognition gets ordinary words right more often than names.
- Keep the frame clear around the captions, so they do not cover a face or the scoreboard.
- On a loud moment, the words matter more than the noise. If chat was the joke, show chat.
More on vertical framing: how to make vertical clips from a live stream.