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How to clip a TikTok LIVE
TikTok LIVE moves fast, and once a moment has passed you usually cannot scroll back to it. The simplest way to keep one is to clip it while it is still on. Here is how to do that on a computer, whether you are watching or hosting.
Before you start
- A computer with Chrome or Edge. Phones cannot share a screen with a web page.
- The LIVE open in a browser tab on tiktok.com.
- The right to post what you clip. If it is not your LIVE, ask the host, and follow TikTok’s rules on reposting.
Clip a TikTok LIVE as a viewer
- Open the LIVE in a Chrome or Edge tab.
- In a second tab, open ClipLive, choose Share my screen, and pick the TikTok tab. Tick Share audio so the clip has sound.
- Keep watching. ClipLive holds the recent minutes on your computer.
- When the moment lands, press X for the last 15, 30 or 60 seconds. Or press I and O on the timeline to mark it exactly.
- Choose 9:16, move the crop onto the host, create the clip and download the MP4.
Your screen stays on your computer: when you clip, only the last minute or so is sent to ClipLive, and only the clip is kept. A shared-screen clip can be up to 60 seconds, which covers most LIVE moments.
Clip your own TikTok LIVE as the host
If you go live from a computer with OBS or another encoder, you can send ClipLive its own copy of the stream with a stream key and clip with the lowest delay. OBS sends to two places with the free Multiple RTMP outputs plugin. If you go live from your phone, have a moderator or a teammate clip from a computer with the tab method above.
Getting the clip right
- Start a second or two before the moment, so a new viewer knows what is happening.
- In the shared tab the LIVE sits as a tall window inside a wide page, so place the 9:16 crop over the video itself.
- End on the reaction. On LIVE, the comments and the host’s face are often the clip.
- Post while the LIVE is still on, so viewers who missed it can still join.
The same method works for anything that plays in a browser tab. For Twitch and Kick you can paste the link instead. More on vertical framing: how to make vertical clips from a live stream.