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How to download from Twitch

Clips work well. Long VODs are a different story.

By using this site you confirm you have the right to download the file you request.

How it works

  1. 1

    Copy the clip or VOD address

    clips.twitch.tv/… or twitch.tv/videos/… — both are accepted.

  2. 2

    Paste it and press Start

    A clip resolves in seconds. A multi-hour VOD may be refused.

  3. 3

    Pick a height

    Twitch publishes a real ladder, unlike most short-video sites.

Why a long VOD is refused rather than queued

An archived broadcast often runs four hours or more. Converting one would hold the queue for everybody else waiting behind it, so past a length cap it is refused outright instead of accepted and left to crawl.

That is a deliberate choice about shared capacity, not a technical limit. If the stream you want exists as clips, those are the reliable route.

A filter of ours that hid the ladder

Twitch declares a height for each quality but does not always declare a width. Our ladder builder required both before it would count a format, so Twitch came back with one generic "MP4" row instead of the resolutions it genuinely offers.

A missing width now means landscape and is derived from the height, and the real ladder appears.

Frequently asked questions

Why was my VOD refused?

Length. Hours-long broadcasts would block the queue for everyone else.

Do subscriber-only VODs work?

No. They need an account with that subscription.

Are clips watermarked?

No. The file is Twitch’s own, unaltered.

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