HookWise
For streamers and gamers

The best moments from hours-long streams as vertical clips, facecam included

HookWise processes your VOD on your own PC or Mac, so a 6-hour recording never has to be uploaded anywhere. Gameplay and facecam can be rearranged for a 9:16 screen.

Try Free for 7 Days A VOD clipping workflow

Why VODs rarely become clips

Great moments get buried

A clutch in hour three, chat losing it in hour five. Finding them again means scrubbing the recording all night.

16:9 layouts break on phones

A center crop cuts off the HUD and the facecam in the corner. Viewers see half the game.

Uploading a VOD is heavy

Sending an overnight file to a clipping site takes ages, and many of them charge credits per minute of video.

A VOD clipping workflow

  1. 1

    Load the VOD

    Use the mkv or mp4 from OBS, or paste a VOD link from YouTube. Long files are processed locally.

  2. 2

    Find moments through the transcript

    Whisper writes down everything you said. Gemini in the Funny or Bold opinion style flags the loudest parts, and you can add instructions like "clutch plays and shocked reactions".

  3. 3

    Arrange gameplay and facecam

    Manual crop to the game area on the main track, then place the facecam on the video/PiP track with a mask. Auto cut on scene change helps break up long stretches.

  4. 4

    Export at 60 fps

    Pick 1080p or 4K at 60 fps on the NVENC, QSV, AMF or VideoToolbox hardware encoder, then batch export every clip.

Settings for gaming clips

Reframe
Manual crop to gameplay, facecam on the PiP track
AI style
Funny, plus an instruction about clutch moments
Captions
Active word + pop, emoji stickers for reactions
Clip length
20 to 45 seconds
Export
1080p 60 fps, H.264, hardware encoder

Tools in this workflow

Import Video from a LinkPaste a YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X or Facebook link, or pick from DriveAI ClippingGemini reads the transcript and picks the strongest moments as reelsAuto Reframe 9:16Vertical crop that follows faces, split screen for two people4K 60 fps ExportH.264 or HEVC on hardware encoders, saved locally or to Drive

Other use cases

Podcasters YouTubers TikTok creators Instagram Reels YouTube Shorts

Frequently asked questions

Yes. HookWise runs on Windows and macOS 12 or later, and on Windows export uses NVENC, QSV or AMF. The one feature missing on Windows is background removal without a green screen.

Whisper handles about 99 languages with auto-detect. If the bundled Base model misses too much, download the Small or Medium model in the app.

There is no video length limit. Transcription, face tracking and rendering run on your computer, so there are no per-minute credits to spend.

Try it on one of your own long videos

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