Upload a video and generate clips

The core of ViralNote is turning one long video into many short clips. This guide covers uploading a source video and generating clips from it.

Upload a video

1. Click Upload in the dashboard.
2. Select a video file from your computer, or paste a link if your plan supports importing from a URL.
3. Wait for the upload and processing to finish. Larger files take longer.

Supported formats: common video formats such as MP4 and MOV work well.

What makes a good source video

ViralNote finds clips by understanding what's said in your video, so the best sources are:

• Spoken and conversational — podcasts, webinars, interviews, livestreams, and talks
• Long enough to be rich — 30–90 minutes typically yields the most clips
• Clear audio — clean speech improves both clip selection and caption accuracy

Music-only videos, very short clips, or footage with no clear speech usually produce few or no clips.

How clips are generated

After processing, ViralNote analyzes the transcript and identifies self-contained moments — a strong hook, a complete idea, or a memorable line — and proposes them as clips. Each suggested clip comes with:

• A trimmed start and end point
• An AI-generated caption
• A suggested title or hook

How many clips to expect

This depends on length and how much distinct content the video contains. As a rough guide, a 60-minute conversational video typically yields 15–25 usable clips. Denser, story-rich content produces more; repetitive or slow content produces fewer.

Next steps

Once your clips are generated, refine them in Edit captions, crop, and customize clips, then schedule them to your connected accounts.

If a video failed to process or produced no clips, see Clips aren't generating.