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How to clip with a Stream Deck while you stream
When you are in the middle of a game or a conversation, you cannot stop to open an editor. A Stream Deck key that clips the last 30 seconds lets you keep going. Here is how to set one up with ClipLive, and how your mods can clip from chat.
What you need
- Your stream going to ClipLive with a stream key, alongside your stream to Twitch, YouTube or Kick (how to send it from OBS).
- A ClipLive account. Your clips land in your library, under your plan.
- A Stream Deck, or any tool that can open a web address: Streamer.bot, Companion and similar.
Set up the key
- In ClipLive, open Settings, Stream Deck and bots.
- Download the Stream Deck plugin and copy your trigger link.
- With the plugin, drag Clip it onto a key and paste the link. Without it, add a Website action, paste the link and tick GET request in background.
- Press the key while you are live. Each press clips the last 30 seconds of your stream.
The clip appears in your ClipLive session in 9:16, ready to download or post. Presses are limited to one clip every 10 seconds, so a double tap does not make two clips.
The trigger link can make a clip and nothing else; it is not your stream key. If it ever leaks, make a new link in the same place and the old one stops working at once.
Let your mods clip with !clip
Link your Twitch channel in the same settings, and you and your mods can type !clip in chat, or !clip 60 for a longer one. ClipLive only reads chat. It never posts.
Why a key beats the clip button
Twitch’s own clip button needs you to stop, click and trim the clip, and the clip lives on Twitch. A Stream Deck key takes no attention, and the clip that comes out can already be 9:16 for TikTok, Shorts and Reels. More on the one-key idea: Clip Last.