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How to make Shorts from a live stream automatically

Short answer: automatic Shorts are on unless you turned them off. When each broadcast ends, StreamLive Pro cuts up to 5 vertical 9:16 Shorts with burned-in captions from its strongest moments, ready to publish everywhere.

Updated November 5, 2026 · 2 min read

Short answer: in StreamLive Pro, automatic Shorts are on by default (you can turn them off in settings). When a broadcast ends, the recording is transcribed, the strongest moments are found, and up to 5 vertical (9:16) Shorts are cut from it, each with burned-in captions, a crop that follows the speaker and even sound. They wait on the Shorts page, ready to edit or publish to YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok and the other connected networks. A few minutes per Short; a set of five takes about twenty minutes.

Before the broadcast

1. Check that automatic Shorts are on in settings. They are on unless someone turned them off; from then on they run after every broadcast.
2. Choose a caption style. Captions follow the spoken language, or a translation (for example Hebrew captions on an English talk).

After the broadcast

1. End the broadcast as usual. To keep the full recording too, press Record during the broadcast (otherwise it is removed about 2 hours after the end).
2. The Shorts appear on the Shorts page, in a folder for that broadcast. Progress shows there.
3. Open any Short to fix a word in the captions, move the crop or change the style.
4. Publish: one Short at a time, or Publish all to schedule the whole set, by default one a day at your best hour.

Turned them off?

If you pressed Record, or Keep recording on the broadcast card in Past streams within about 2 hours of the end, the recording is in Storage: open Shorts → Create Shorts, pick it and choose Several Shorts. The result is the same. A recording that was not kept is removed about 2 hours after the end.

How many Shorts

Each Short counts once. Pressing again on the same recording gives Shorts from other parts of it, not the same ones.

Why the captions are good in Hebrew

Hebrew captions were built right to left from the start: words in the right order, punctuation on the right side and numbers in place. Many caption tools get this wrong. More: Automatic Hebrew captions on Shorts.

Frequently asked questions

Can a live stream turn into Shorts by itself?

Yes. Automatic Shorts are on by default (you can turn them off in settings). When each broadcast ends, up to 5 vertical Shorts with captions are cut from its strongest moments.

How long does it take?

Usually a few minutes per Short. A set of five from a long broadcast takes about twenty minutes.

I had automatic Shorts turned off. Is the broadcast lost?

Not if you kept the recording: press Record during the broadcast, or Keep recording on its card in Past streams within about 2 hours. Then open Shorts, Create Shorts, pick the recording and choose Several Shorts.

Where can I publish the Shorts?

To YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok, Facebook and the other connected networks, now or on a schedule, from the Shorts page. TikTok is posted by hand, one at a time, from the Publish screen (it cannot be scheduled).