NextGen Live API: Creating VOD Clips

Overview

Clips are MP4 extracts from a live channel. Send them to Video Cloud (default) or to an S3 bucket. You can create clips while a channel is live or after it stops. Stream content is available for clipping for 14 days after the event ends.

For Control Room clipping, see Creating a Video Clip Using the Live Module. To schedule a clip for a future time, see Scheduling Clip Generation.

Notes

• Clips from SSAI-enabled channels do not include ads when remove_ads is true (recommended).
• Clips are produced at the highest output rendition resolution, not necessarily the source input resolution.
• A segment-accurate clip is created first, then replaced by a frame-accurate version when available.
• Embedded closed captions from the live stream are included in clips for jobs created on or after June 18, 2026 (contact Support to enable on older jobs).

Endpoint

POST https://api.live.brightcove.com/v2/accounts/{account_id}/jobs/{job_id}/clip

Authenticate with OAuth 2.0. Required scope: video-cloud/livev2/jobs/create or BC_JOBS_WRITE.

Video Cloud clip

{
  "name": "Highlight reel",
  "description": "Second half highlights",
  "start": "2026-03-15T18:00:00Z",
  "end": "2026-03-15T18:15:00Z",
  "remove_ads": true,
  "tags": ["live", "clip"],
  "output": {
    "type": "brightcove"
  }
}

When output.type is brightcove, the clip is ingested into the Video Cloud account linked to your Live account. Omit ingest_profile to use the account default profile.

S3 clip

{
  "name": "Archive segment",
  "start": "2026-03-15T18:00:00Z",
  "end": "2026-03-15T18:30:00Z",
  "output": {
    "type": "s3",
    "url": "s3://my-bucket/clips/highlight.mp4"
  }
}

Configure S3 credentials with the Live API credentials endpoints if your bucket requires authentication.

Request fields

Response: { "id": "clip-job-id" }