How far back you can rewind each live platform
Rewind is how far back you go from the current moment. Duration is how much the output file will contain. Each platform has a different window, and Live Clippers cannot recover a moment that has already left it.
| Platform | What to check |
|---|---|
| YouTube | Up to 4 h if the actual DVR window allows it |
| Twitch | Up to 4 h if the current live broadcast's VOD provides that history |
| Kick | Up to 4 h if the current live broadcast's VOD provides that history |
| TikTok | Live capture; rewind only when an available range is verified |
YouTube: the actual DVR window sets the limit
Live Clippers supports up to four hours of YouTube rewind when the broadcast has a sufficient DVR window. This does not guarantee four hours on every stream: less history, or no history, may be available.
Verify the stream and use the limit shown in the app. If a moment is outside that window, choosing a longer clip does not recover it. The service does not turn an ended broadcast into a downloadable VOD.
Twitch: up to four hours when the live broadcast publishes history
Live Clippers can use the VOD of a broadcast that is still live and offer up to four hours of rewind. The channel must publish that history and allow access at the selected quality. When it is unavailable, the app checks the live feed's window, which may contain only a few seconds.
Ad breaks can affect capture. Live Clippers attempts to detect them and adjust or retry clips where applicable, but it does not guarantee removal of every ad in every format.
Kick: check the current broadcast's history
Kick can also offer up to four hours when the current live broadcast's VOD contains that history. The app checks that it belongs to the same broadcast and measures the available range; the total duration shown by the channel does not guarantee that every moment can be retrieved.
If the channel does not publish that history or it cannot be accessed, the limit is the live feed's window. It may be short or offer no rewind. Use the range the app shows for that stream and quality.
TikTok: capture live and check whether history is available
You can capture a TikTok LIVE from the current moment. Rewind is offered only when the app can verify usable history in that source; no fixed window of seconds or minutes is guaranteed for every channel.
If no available range is shown, start from now and choose how long to record forward. Five minutes of future content takes five minutes to capture. An earlier moment that the source no longer provides cannot be recovered.
Choose start and duration separately
First check how far back the stream can go at the selected quality. Then choose where the segment begins and set its duration separately. History may be published behind the live edge: the entire clip must fit inside the available range. Review the selection before generating and check it again if you change quality.
Trial clips are limited to 30 seconds; Lite to five minutes; Pro and Studio to ten. These limits do not extend the source history. If a moment is no longer available, Live Clippers cannot reconstruct it.
Your own file lets you edit what you already have
If the moment is in a video you have permission to use, upload that file and trim it for free. This does not recover missing platform history: it only works with the selected file's contents. After capture or upload, library trimming does not depend on the channel remaining live.