Choosing what clips to find
On the Analyze Video screen, the clip fields help Obiklip understand which moments you want. You do not need a special prompt or a timestamp for every clip. Start with what you know about your audience.
1. What kind of clips are you looking for?
Choose the types that fit your recording and what you want to post. You can select more than one, click a selected type to remove it, or leave all of them unselected if you have no preference.
| Educational | Lessons, explanations and practical advice. Try this for tutorials, interviews with experts or useful tips. |
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| Funny | Jokes, amusing stories and playful exchanges. Try this for a lighthearted podcast or conversation. |
| Controversial | Debatable claims or challenges to common beliefs. Choose this when you want moments that invite discussion. |
| Story | Anecdotes and experiences with a setup and payoff. Try this for personal journeys or lessons learned through experience. |
| Strong opinion | A clear point of view backed by the speaker's reasoning. It does not have to be controversial. |
For example, choose Educational and Story for an interview about mistakes a founder learned from. These choices guide discovery; the recording still needs to contain suitable moments.
2. Your direction
This field is optional and accepts up to 500 characters. One or two clear sentences are enough. Say who the clips are for, which topics matter, and what to prioritise or avoid.
A simple template you can adapt:
Find clips for [audience] about [topic]. Prioritise [kind of moment]. Avoid [things to skip].
Examples to copy and adjust to your recording:
- Business interview: Find practical lessons for first-time founders about getting their first customers. Prioritise specific examples and mistakes to avoid. Skip sponsor segments.
- Casual podcast: Find funny exchanges and surprising personal stories for viewers who have never heard this podcast. Keep enough setup for the punchline to make sense.
- Tutorial or talk: Find beginner-friendly explanations of saving time with spreadsheets. Prioritise one useful tip per clip and avoid moments that need a long introduction.
Use topics that actually appear in your video. A specific request such as “practical advice for new managers” gives more direction than “make it viral”. You can also leave this blank if you want to explore the suggestions first.
3. Moments you marked
Remember a good moment? Enter its time in the original video. Obiklip looks around that point for context; it is not an exact clip start or end. If you have not watched the recording, leave this field blank.
Separate timestamps with commas, for example 03:20, 12:45.
Use MM:SS or HH:MM:SS; 01:02:10 means
1 hour, 2 minutes and 10 seconds. Each timestamp must be before the end of your
video. You can add up to 20 distinct timestamps.
4. Maximum clips
Choose 6, 12, 24, 32 or 48 candidates. This is the maximum number of suggestions to generate, so you may receive fewer. Choose 6 for a quick review, or a higher number if you want more options to compare. You do not have to export every suggestion.
Before you start
Review any pre-filled choices: Obiklip remembers your clip types, direction and maximum clips for future imports. Marked timestamps stay with their project. Adjust the fields for this recording, check the spoken language and processing cost, then press Analyze Video.
When analysis finishes, watch the suggestions and check their context and boundaries before exporting. Continue with Your first clip for the review and export steps.