YouTube to Shorts Converter – Just Paste a Link
Paste any YouTube URL and get 5–15 vertical clips optimized for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels. AI finds the highlights, crops to 9:16 with face tracking, and adds captions automatically — no download, no re-upload.
Paste the YouTube link — Klypse imports it directly, no file download.
How to Convert YouTube to Shorts
Paste the YouTube URL
Copy any YouTube video link and paste it into Klypse. It imports server-side — no download, no re-upload.
AI Creates Your Shorts
Klypse transcribes, detects the best moments, crops to vertical with face tracking, and adds captions.
Download & Post
Review clips ranked by hook strength, download the best ones, and post to Shorts, TikTok, and Reels.
One Link In, Multiple Ranked Shorts Out
Every clip comes back cropped to 9:16, captioned, and scored — so you post the strongest hooks first instead of guessing.
Why Convert YouTube Videos to Shorts?
YouTube Shorts get 70+ billion daily views. Repurposing long videos into Shorts is the easiest way to grow.
🚀Reach New Audiences
Shorts appear in a separate feed, reaching viewers who've never seen your channel.
📈Grow Subscribers Faster
Creators consistently report faster growth after adding Shorts to their mix.
♻️Maximize Existing Content
Turn one 30-minute video into 10+ Shorts without filming anything new.
💰Additional Monetization
Shorts are monetized through ad revenue. More content in the feed = more earnings.
Paste a Link vs. the Old Manual Way
The traditional route means a third-party downloader, a re-upload, and hours in an editor. Klypse collapses all of it into a URL.
| Feature | Klypse | Manual (download + edit) |
|---|---|---|
| Get the video in | Paste the YouTube URL | Download the file, then re-upload |
| Find the best moments | AI scores every moment | Scrub the timeline by hand |
| Crop to vertical (9:16) | Auto face-tracking crop | Manual keyframing |
| Captions | Auto-generated + styled | Type them yourself |
| Clips per video | 5–15 automatically | One at a time |
| Time for a 30-min video | ~A few minutes | 1–2 hours |
What Makes Klypse Different
Smart Face Tracking
When cropping landscape to 9:16, speakers stay centered. No faces cut off.
Hook Scoring
Each clip gets a virality score based on opening strength. Best clips first.
Word-Perfect Cuts
AI ensures clips never start or end mid-sentence. Clean, professional results.
Auto Captions
Accurate captions generated instantly. 80% of Shorts are watched muted.
Multiple Clips Per Video
Get 5–15 Shorts from a single YouTube video. All the highlights found.
Social Copy Included
AI generates optimized titles, descriptions and hashtags for discovery.
The Fastest Way to Turn YouTube Videos into Shorts
The hard part of making Shorts from a YouTube video was never the editing — it was everything around it: finding a working downloader, waiting for the file, re-uploading it, then scrubbing a long timeline to find a moment worth clipping. Klypse removes every one of those steps. You paste the link, and the video is imported directly. From there the AI does what a human editor would do, only in minutes: it reads the full transcript, identifies the moments with the strongest hooks and payoffs, cuts them cleanly on sentence boundaries, reframes each one to a vertical 9:16 with the speaker kept in shot, and burns in captions.
Built for long-form: podcasts, interviews and webinars
A one-hour podcast has maybe fifteen genuinely postable moments buried in it. Finding them by hand is the reason most long-form creators never make Shorts at all. Paste the YouTube link and Klypse surfaces those moments across the whole video, ranks them by hook strength, and gives you a set of finished vertical clips you can post to Shorts, TikTok and Reels the same day.
Vertical crops that don't cut off the speaker
Most auto-croppers just center-crop and hope. Klypse tracks faces frame by frame and reframes like a camera operator would — so when someone moves, the crop follows them instead of clipping them out of frame. On multi-person clips it keeps the right person on screen. That's the difference between a clip that looks auto-generated and one that looks edited.
YouTube to Shorts FAQ
How do I convert a YouTube video to Shorts?
Paste the YouTube video URL into Klypse, pick the 9:16 vertical format, and click process. Klypse imports the video straight from the link (no download), transcribes it, finds the strongest moments, crops to vertical with face tracking, and returns multiple caption-ready Shorts ranked by hook strength.
Is the YouTube to Shorts converter free?
Yes — you can start free with no credit card. New accounts get a trial that processes full-feature videos so you can generate real Shorts from a YouTube link before paying anything. Paid plans start at €9.90/month when you need more volume.
Do I have to download the YouTube video first?
No. That's the whole point — you paste the YouTube URL and Klypse imports it server-side. No downloading the file, no re-uploading it, no third-party downloader. Just the link.
Can I convert a YouTube video to TikTok or Reels too?
Yes. The clips Klypse creates are 9:16 vertical with captions, which is the native format for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, and Instagram Reels. One YouTube link gives you clips you can post to all three.
Does it work with long videos and podcasts?
Yes. Long-form is where it shines — paste a link to a 1–2 hour podcast or interview and Klypse finds the standout moments across the whole thing. A 20-minute video typically yields 6–10 Shorts; a 1-hour video can produce 15–20.
Can I convert any YouTube video to Shorts?
You can convert your own videos or any public video you have the rights to repurpose. You're responsible for the content you process — Klypse imports public URLs, it doesn't grant rights to someone else's content.
Will the Shorts have a watermark?
Clips exported on a paid plan have no watermark. Trial exports include a small Klypse watermark you can remove by upgrading — the underlying clip, captions, and crop are identical.
Does it add captions automatically?
Yes. Every Short gets accurate, word-level captions generated automatically — and since ~80% of Shorts are watched muted, that directly lifts watch time. You can restyle the font, colors, and position to match your brand.
How many Shorts can I get from one YouTube video?
Typically 5–15 per video depending on length and how many strong moments the AI finds. Each clip comes with a virality/hook score so you can post the best ones first instead of guessing.
How long does it take?
Most videos are done in a few minutes. Klypse imports from the link, transcribes, analyzes, crops and captions — then hands you a ranked set of clips ready to download.
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Start Converting YouTube to Shorts
Paste your first YouTube URL and get multiple Shorts free. No download, no credit card.