TV series clips for Shorts, cut from a series bible

What the Series and fiction template does with an episode

The Series and fiction template cuts your episodes into Shorts, one episode at a time, guided by a series bible: characters, tone, continuity. The bible describes the show once: title and genre, characters and their nicknames, synopsis, running gags, the structure of an episode, title style, hashtags and passages to leave out. The cutting reads it before it picks a single moment.

A clip starts at the setup of the scene and ends after the laugh that follows the punchline. It never runs across two scenes, and one scene gives two clips at most. The opening theme, the previously-on recap and credits burned into the picture are left out from the start.

In the edit, the vertical frame follows the character who is speaking, captions take each character’s color and a hook title opens the clip. A character’s name shows on screen only when the line is attributed to them with confidence; otherwise the color stays neutral. A wrong name costs more than no name.

Rights first: what YouTube says

Posting clips from a TV series requires the right to do so. Stratos·Clip does not give you that right and does not check it for you: you are responsible for the videos you plug in, and a Content ID claim applies to the video the channel publishes.

Content ID compares uploaded videos with the works their owners have registered. When a video matches, a claim may be created automatically, and the owner chooses: block the video, monetize it for themselves, or track its statistics. For a Short, the rule is harsher: past one minute, a Short with an active claim is blocked worldwide.

Holding the right to post does not mean getting paid. YouTube lists moments from a show edited together with little or no narrative among the reused content it does not monetize, and adds that the policy applies even with the original creator’s permission. The related policy on repetitious content has been called “inauthentic content” since July 15, 2025. Two guides cover these rules in detail: YouTube Short blocked by a copyright claim and reused content and monetization.

Stratos·Clip draws two fixed rules from this. On a series channel, the audio is always treated as claimable, and no setting tries to get around Content ID. Every clip is therefore capped at 58 seconds before rendering; a clip that runs long loses lines at the start, never its punchline. The cap does not prevent a claim: it keeps a claimed Short from being blocked everywhere over a few extra seconds.

What an episode costs

Analyzing an episode costs 1 credit per started block of 10 minutes, then each rendered Short costs 1 credit. On a series channel, the number of Shorts per episode comes from the bible, not from the length: 1 to 12, 8 by default. A 45-minute episode set to 8 Shorts costs 5 analysis credits and 8 render credits, 13 in total. Unused credits roll over to the next cycle.

Three ways a series channel goes wrong, and the fix

1. The punchline gets cut. A funny line without the laugh after it does not stand alone. The cut ends after the laugh, and a clip that runs long loses its opening lines rather than its ending.
2. The credits end up in frame. A clip that shows crew names over the actors cannot be posted. The bible describes the episode’s structure, and theme, recap and burned-in credits are left out.
3. Ten days of the same episode. A season imported at once would make a monotonous queue. The channel’s queue alternates between source videos and prefers distinct episodes within a day.

Example: a ten-episode season

Take a channel devoted to a series you hold the rights to: you are its producer, or the rights holder who runs its catalog. The season has 10 episodes of 45 minutes, and the channel posts 2 Shorts a day.

Both settings fit in Starter: 180 credits a month for $29.90, 3 YouTube channels included. At the default setting, the credits left over roll over to the next month. The season fills the queue for 40 to 60 days, and the channel page shows that number of days. The free plan, with 30 credits a month and a watermark on clips, covers only a small part of the season. The Shorts calculator runs the same math for videos other than episodes.

Paid plans open with online payment. Until then, the “Notify me at launch” button on the pricing grid records your email and the plan you want, and the free plan already posts to one channel, up to 2 Shorts a day.

The bible settings that matter

• Characters and their nicknames: each nickname is mapped back to the character’s name, which attributes the lines and colors the captions.
• Episode structure: cold open, opening theme, burned-in credits, recap, end tag. It draws the zones that are left out.
• Genre: sitcom, comedy, drama, animation, thriller, action or mafia. Action, mafia and animation read the episode their own way: fights are found in picture and sound, not in the dialogue.
• Shorts per episode: 1 to 12, set to the channel’s pace.
• Exclusions: a free field for anything that must never become a clip.
• Series title: the bible only takes effect once saved with that title. Save it before you import the first episode.

When not to do it, and when an editor is the better choice

• You do not hold the rights to the series. Do not plug it in. Every claim targets your channel, and the owner can block your Shorts or monetize them for themselves. Stratos·Clip changes nothing about that.
• You license clips and count on monetizing them. YouTube does not monetize moments edited together with little or no narrative, even with the original creator’s permission. Check this before you open the channel.
• You want a story. YouTube lists edited footage where you add a storyline and commentary as acceptable. A season recap, an analysis or an edit that tells a story is a human editor’s work, made to measure. Stratos·Clip cuts moments that stand on their own; it writes neither storyline nor commentary.
• Your series is not in French. The interface is in French, and detection and titles have only been measured on videos in French. Try one episode on the free plan first.

How to launch a series channel

1. Create your space with your Google account, then connect the YouTube channel through Google’s official sign-in.
2. On the channel page, set the content type to “Fiction / série”: the series bible block opens below it.
3. Fill in the bible, or import it as JSON, then save it with the series title.
4. Import each episode as a file, named with its code, for example S01E03: the cutting reads it from the title.
5. Set the queue once: fixed time slots or a number of posts per day.
6. Review what goes out: each clip can be watched, removed from the queue or scheduled by hand.