Download part of a video as a clip

Open Clip

Paste a link into Lynx and switch the card from Download to Clip. You can also press ⌘K, click ✂ on a row, choose Download a Clip… from a row’s right-click menu, use Clip in the browser extension, or Clip in Lynx Notch. They all open the same card.

Pick the part

• Drag the two green handles on the timeline, or type the start and end times (to a tenth of a second).
• Play the video and press Start or End to set the range at the playhead.
• To save more than one part from the same video, choose Add Another Part.

Pick a shape and save

Choose Video, Vertical, Square, GIF or Audio (what each one does), then press Download Clip or Return. The clip appears in Clips.

Clip length and size

The saved clip contains the range you select. The amount downloaded from the source can be larger than the resulting clip file.

For longer videos, Lynx attempts to retrieve the selected section. For shorter videos, it can download and cache the whole source before cutting. If the video is already on your Mac or cached by Lynx, it can reuse that file. Source format and server support affect which approach is available.

Clips are part of Lynx Pro, which is on for 2 weeks when you install, and can be any length. See current plans.

Before relying on a clip

Preview the saved file to check its start, end and sound. “Exact frames” re-encodes the selection; a fast cut can start at a nearby keyframe. A smaller output file does not, by itself, prove that the same amount of network data was saved.