Narrative cuts
Aqua watches the full stream, finds the arc, and cuts the waiting screen, dead air, and tangents so the video starts where the story does.
Live stream in. Upload out.
AI YouTube
video editor
for streamers.
A live archive is not a video. Aqua Edits is an AI long-form video editor, built to turn a live stream into a YouTube video your subscribers actually watch, with the cuts, zooms, subtitles, and sound design already handled.
20 minutes · no pitch deck required
Why edited uploads win
The archive is not
the upload.
When a stream ends, the full live archive sits on your channel. It is hours long, it opens on the waiting screen, and on most gaming channels it gets a fraction of the views an edited upload does. An AI video editor for gaming YouTube channels gets you that upload from every stream, without an editor on retainer.
The live archive
Hours long, rarely rewatched
- Opens on the waiting screen and the mic check
- Mostly watched by people who were already in chat
- Rarely recommended once the stream is over
- Every stream needs an edit you don't have time for
The edited upload
The whole stream, fully edited
- Cut to the story, with a cold open and a payoff
- Reaches subscribers who missed the live
- Paced for watch time, not for the clock
- Made from the stream you already recorded
Aqua works from a YouTube live archive link, a Twitch or Kick VOD, or a local recording. The output is a long-form video for your main channel, not Shorts.
What you get
AI video editing for gaming YouTube.
Every edit starts with the full stream and ends with a finished long-form video in your channel's style, ready to upload. Not a highlight reel.
Zooms & reframes
Punch-ins on your reaction and reframes on the play, so the moment reads on a TV and on a phone.
Subtitles
Styled captions that match the rest of your channel, timed to the beat of the moment instead of the transcript.
Sound design
SFX, music beds, and ducking that make a stream cut feel like a produced upload.
Creator review
You watch every cut before it goes live. Timestamped notes come back as a new version, not a debate.
How it works
Live stream in.
Upload out.
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01
Send the stream
Paste the link to your YouTube live archive, a Twitch or Kick VOD, or upload the recording. Tell us what the video should feel like, or let the AI find the moments.
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02
The AI cuts the story
Aqua's AI editor finds the arc across the whole stream, then handles cuts, zooms, subtitles, and sound, rendered in your channel's look.
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03
Review, then upload
Watch the cut, leave timestamped notes, approve. Then publish it to your channel as a regular long-form upload.
FAQ
AI editing for YouTube streamers, explained.
What an AI YouTube video editor for streamers is, how it differs from clipping tools, and how a live stream becomes an upload. Anything else? Bring it to the call.
What is an AI YouTube video editor for streamers?
An AI YouTube video editor for streamers takes a full live stream and turns it into an edited upload without a human on the timeline. Aqua Edits is an AI long-form video editor: it edits the entire stream into one complete YouTube video with narrative cuts, zooms, subtitles, and sound design.
How is this different from clipping tools like Opus Clip or Eklipse?
Clipping tools scan a stream for spikes and export short highlights, usually for Shorts. Aqua does the opposite job. It watches the whole stream, finds the story arc, and cuts it into a long-form video for your main channel. If you want clips, those tools are good at it. If you want the full upload, that's Aqua.
Can you turn a live stream into a YouTube video?
Yes. That's the whole service. Send the link to the live archive, or the Twitch or Kick VOD, and the finished long-form video comes back ready to upload to your channel.
Do you work with Twitch and Kick VODs too?
Yes. Aqua edits Twitch, YouTube, and Kick VODs, plus local recordings from OBS or any capture setup. Most of what we deliver ends up on YouTube regardless of where it was streamed.
How long can the stream be?
Long. Multi-hour streams are the whole point. A six-hour session is a normal input, and the output is a tight long-form video rather than a pile of clips.
Do I get to approve the edit before it goes up?
Every time. You review each cut before it's final, leave timestamped notes, and we send back a new version. Nothing goes out without your approval.
20 minute intro call
Let's talk about
your channel.
No pitch deck. Just a look at your channel and how Aqua's AI would turn your next live stream into a YouTube video.