Transcribe long streams produced in Lightstream from the VOD or a downloaded recording.
Lightstream runs your stream from a browser studio and sends it to Twitch, YouTube or another platform, so the easiest copy of a long stream to transcribe is usually the VOD link, pasted here, or a recording you downloaded, uploaded up to 10 hours or 5 GB. A 5-hour stream is text in about 10 minutes, with the first 20 minutes free and the other 280 on the $6 pack of 500 minutes.
Where a cloud stream ends up
Nothing is written to your computer when the studio is in the cloud. The words live in the VOD.
The VOD link
Copy the past broadcast from Twitch, Kick or YouTube and paste it. Nothing downloads to your machine, which suits a setup with no local recording. A VOD that runs beyond 6 hours starts once a pack is on the account.
A downloaded recording
If your Lightstream plan keeps recordings, download one from the studio and upload it. Check your account's recording options, as they depend on the plan. A downloaded file is also the way to transcribe a stream whose VOD has already gone.
Console streams
If you stream from a console through Lightstream, game sound and music are not transcribed while your commentary is, so a quieter game mix gives cleaner text.
Twelve streams in a month
Twelve 5-hour streams, three a week for a month, come to 3,600 minutes. That is the $24 pack of 5,000 minutes, leaving 1,400, and every stream gets chapters you can paste under the VOD. The brief of each one makes a quick recap post for viewers who missed it.
Streams without a local file
A browser studio leaves no recording on your desk, only a VOD with a clock running.
✗ Only the VOD
And the VOD will not stay forever.
- Past broadcasts that expire
- Hours of VOD to scrub for one clip
- Whisper API uploads from OpenAI limited to 25 MB
- No local file to hand to a tool
- Chat asking when a topic started
- Highlights chosen by memory alone
✓ The VOD as text
Paste the link before it expires.
- A VOD link, nothing to download
- Ten minutes or so for five hours
- Chapters to paste under the VOD
- Names and numbers said on stream, listed
- SRT and VTT to caption the VOD
- Twelve streams on the $24 pack
Sample
A long console stream produced in Lightstream.
These lines are illustrative and were composed for this page; no real streamer or viewer is quoted. Timestamps follow a 5-hour stream.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Lightstream recordings: questions streamers ask.
Is WhipScribe part of Lightstream?
No. WhipScribe has no integration with Lightstream; paste the VOD link from the platform you streamed to, or upload a recording you downloaded. Your studio, scenes and overlays stay exactly as they are.
How long until a 5-hour stream is text?
About 10 minutes, since each audio hour takes around 2. A 9.31-hour public run, listed on the proof page, finished in 1,033 seconds.
What does a 5-hour stream cost?
New visitors get the opening 20 minutes of the VOD free. A 5-hour stream is 300 minutes on the $6 pack of 500 minutes; a month of twelve, 3,600 minutes, belongs on the $24 pack.
My stream was 7 hours.
Streams over 6 hours start once a pack is on the account, which a $6 pack is enough to unlock. Up to 10 hours goes in as one link or file; past that, download the VOD and upload it as two files.
Can I stream in a language other than English?
Yes. The language is detected automatically among 99, and a stream that switches languages is read on the main one. There is nothing to set before you paste the link.
Which exports come back, and where is the stream processed?
You can export TXT, DOCX, SRT, VTT and JSON. Lightstream VODs are transcribed on our own servers and are never used for training.
Related
Related pages for streams
Paste the VOD before it expires. Start with 20 free minutes of stream.
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