Uploading videos
Every way to get a source video into OpenClip, from file upload to bulk URLs.
All uploads start at https://openclip.app/dashboard. There are three ways in: upload a file, paste a single URL, or paste a batch of URLs. All three feed the same pipeline and produce the same result: a Video in your Library with a Content Hub full of Viral Moments.
Processing requires an active subscription or a running trial. Without one your upload is still accepted: it is parked in your Library with an estimate of how many clips it would produce, and it starts processing by itself the moment you begin a trial or subscribe. A team with no entitlement can hold 2 parked videos at a time. Nothing sweeps them away, so a parked video keeps until you come back for it.
What you choose at submit
Whichever method you use, you pick two things before processing starts:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Brand | The processing profile applied to the video: caption style, logo, tone. See Brands. |
| Audio language | The spoken language, used for transcription. |
You can also trim the submission to a specific timeframe before processing. Only the selected portion is processed and charged, which matters for long recordings where you only care about one segment.
Direct file upload
Drag a file onto the dropzone or click it to browse. Files upload directly to storage from your browser; large files are split into parts automatically, so the upload survives a slow connection.
Accepted formats: MP4, MOV, WEBM, MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, M4V, TS, MTS. Image files and GIFs are rejected.
You can queue several files at once. The queue shows per-file progress, and processing starts as each upload completes.
Paste a URL
Paste a link into the URL field and OpenClip downloads the video for you. Supported sources:
| Source | Accepted links | Max file size |
|---|---|---|
| YouTube | youtube.com watch, Shorts, and live links; youtu.be links | n/a (fetched by resolution) |
| Vimeo | vimeo.com and player.vimeo.com video links | 10 GB |
| Rumble | rumble.com video and embed links | 10 GB |
| Google Drive | Public drive.google.com and docs.google.com file share links | 10 GB |
| Dropbox | Public dropbox.com share links | 10 GB |
| OneDrive | 1drv.ms, onedrive.live.com, and SharePoint share links | 50 GB |
| Direct video links | Any URL ending in .mp4, .mov, .webm, .avi, .mkv, .m4v, .flv, .wmv, .3gp, .mpeg, or .mpg | 10 GB |
YouTube videos are fetched at 1080p where available, falling back to 720p. Cloud storage links (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive) must be public share links; OpenClip cannot access private files.
The Pro plan lists input from 10+ sources as a plan feature; the table above is the baseline set every subscriber sees. See Credits and plans.
Bulk URLs
Click Want to upload more at once? under the URL field to open the Bulk URLs panel. Paste up to 20 URLs, one per line, and click Add all to queue.
Each URL is validated on its own: one bad link fails individually and the rest still go through. Each URL becomes its own Video, all using the Brand you selected.
After you submit
The Video appears in your Library immediately and moves through the pipeline: preparing media, extracting audio, generating the transcript, then detecting moments and creating clips. You can leave the page; progress updates on the dashboard. When it finishes, open the Content Hub to review the results, starting with Viral Moments.
Costs
Processing costs 1 credit per minute of source video, and trimming the submission reduces the charge to just the processed portion. Details in Credits and plans.