Creator guide · Clipping

How to clip poker hands from a VOD.

A poker clip is one hand, cut cleanly from a long recording. Here is how to do it by hand, where it gets slow, and how PokerStreamClipper does the finding for you on indexed broadcasts.

By Luke Geel · October 1, 2026

Clipping a hand by hand

1. Get the recording. Use the original file or a VOD you have the rights to download.
2. Find the hand. Scrub to the action. A broadcast's hand counter and pot graphics help you spot where one hand ends and the next begins.
3. Mark the start and end. Start a few seconds before the deal or the first action you need. End once the pot is pushed or the reaction has played out, before the next deal.
4. Cut it. In an editor, or with ffmpeg:

ffmpeg -ss 1:02:15 -to 1:05:40 -i stream.mp4 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac hand.mp4

Re-encoding, as above, makes the clip start exactly where you asked and keeps the audio in sync. Copying streams without re-encoding is faster but can only cut on keyframes, so the clip may start a few seconds early.

For Shorts, Reels or TikTok, crop or reframe to 9:16 and keep the pot and cards visible; the broadcast's overlay is often along the bottom and sides.

Where it gets slow

Cutting a hand takes a minute. Finding it is the slow part: a four-hour stream can hold a hundred hands, and you usually want the five that matter. Repeating that every week, for every stream, is where the hours go.

How PokerStreamClipper does it

For indexed broadcasts, PokerStreamClipper reads the broadcast's own graphics, such as the hand counter, pot, player names and cards, and splits the recording into individual hands. Each hand is already its own clip with its time in the original stream.

• Search instead of scrubbing. Ask for the biggest pots, pocket aces or a player's name.
• Preview before you commit. Watch the real footage of each hand, then download it or add it to a compilation.
• One hand per clip. Where the end of a hand has been measured, clips are trimmed to that one hand; you can adjust the start and end.
• Back to the source. The Garage Game Live broadcast pages link every listed hand to its exact time in the original video.

The public catalog covers Garage Game Live today. Overlay readings can be wrong, so check names, cards and pots before you quote them.

Common questions

Do I need to install anything?

No. PokerStreamClipper runs in your browser at geelai.net, and searching the catalog is free with no sign-up.

Can it clip my stream?

If you run a poker stream and control its footage, I can talk about a creator pilot to index your broadcasts.