PS5 clips to TikTok
Hit Create, save the hour, let us find the 20 seconds
Your PS5 is already recording. Save the last hour of GTA 6, get the file to your phone or PC, upload it, and we cut the best moments into vertical clips with captions. No editing app, no scrubbing through footage on a phone screen.
Step one: save it on the console
By default the PS5 keeps up to 1 hour of recent gameplay in a background buffer. You can change that length in Settings, under Captures and Broadcasts, then Captures. Shorter buffers save space, but for clipping you want the full hour.
When something happens, press the Create button, choose Save Recent Gameplay, then Save Full Video. That writes the whole buffer to your Media Gallery. Saving a short clip also works, but the full hour gives us more to pick from.
Two settings worth changing in the same menu. Set the video clip format to MP4 if you want the most compatible file, although we take WebM too. And if you talk while you play, turn on the option to include your microphone audio in video clips, so we have your reactions to score and caption.
Step two: get the file off the PS5
USB drive, for long recordings
- Format a USB drive as exFAT on your PC. FAT32 cannot hold files over 4 GB, and an hour of gameplay is bigger.
- Plug it into the PS5 and open Media Gallery.
- Select the recording, open the options menu and choose Copy to USB Drive.
- On your PC the file sits in the PS5 folder, under CREATE, then Video Clips.
PS App, for short clips
Turn on auto upload in the PS5 capture settings, then open the PlayStation App on your phone and find the clip under your captures. Save it to the phone and upload from there. Sony keeps synced captures in the app for a limited time, so save the ones you want soon.
Step three
Upload, pick a layout, get clips
Uploads: mp4, webm, mov or mkv, up to 12 hours and 20 GB per file.
Upload the file
From your phone or PC. A 1 hour 1080p capture is usually a few GB, so Wi-Fi beats mobile data here.Pick Fit for console footage
Console captures have no facecam. Fit keeps the full 16:9 frame, 1080 x 608 pixels in the middle of the 1080 x 1920 canvas, with room above and below for the hook and captions. You see the whole road and whatever hit you.Or Full for close action
Full crops a 9:16 slice out of the frame and fills the screen. It hits harder for shootouts and crashes that happen right in front of the camera, and loses the edges of the frame.We score and watch
Loudness spikes against the 60 seconds around them, your voice if you recorded it, then Gemini watches up to 25 candidates and keeps the ones that stand on their own.Download and post
Each clip comes with a title and post text. Rookie keeps clips for 14 days, Most Wanted for 30.
Questions
My PS5 saved a WebM file. Do I need to convert it?
No. We take webm, mp4, mov and mkv. Upload the file exactly as the console saved it.
Why is my long recording missing from the PS App?
Sony only syncs shorter clips to the app, and they stay there for a limited time. For anything longer than a few minutes, copy it to a USB drive instead.
Should I capture in 4K?
You can, but you do not need to. Clips come out at 1080 x 1920, so a 1080p capture has all the detail we use, and the file is far smaller to move and upload.
I play without a mic. Will it still find moments?
Yes. Game audio spikes and Gemini watching the footage do most of the work. A mic adds your reactions and gives us words for captions, so clips with talking tend to rank higher.
Saved an hour of GTA 6 tonight?
Upload it. One Video is $5 for a file up to 3 hours. Rookie is $12 a month for 12 hours.