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Compilations
Turn a channel's ready shorts into one long-form 16:9 video with chapters, in minutes and for very few credits — and post it where long videos count.
A compilation stitches three to twelve of a channel's ready episodes into one long video for YouTube and Facebook: each short stands at full height in a 16:9 frame, one after another, with chapters in the description. Long-form watch time is the easier way into YouTube's Partner Programme, and a compilation turns work you already have into it, in minutes.
A compilation is not a film. A long-form film is one original story of six to ten minutes, made for the wide screen; a compilation is your shorts, back to back. Where your workspace has films, the app calls a compilation "Compilation (stitched shorts)" so the two are never confused.
What it does#
| Part | What you get |
|---|---|
| The video | 1920 × 1080 at 30 frames a second, encoded for YouTube |
| The picture | Each vertical short centred at full height, over a blurred, darkened fill of its own picture — never cropped |
| The joins | A short fade from one short to the next |
| The sound | The whole video brought to one even loudness, so no short is louder than the next |
| The order | Oldest first |
| The chapters | One per short, at the moment it starts, named after it — written into the description, where YouTube turns them into chapters |
| The title | Yours, or "Channel: N stories in one" |
| The thumbnail | A still for the cover |
It is made on a GPU box with video tools alone: no agent and no model is involved, which is why it costs so little.
How to use it#
- On the channel page, once the channel has at least three ready episodes, the Episodes section shows Make a compilation (or Make a long video). Press it.
- On the page that opens:
- Title (optional) — up to 100 characters, YouTube's limit. Leave it empty for "Channel: N stories in one"; you can change it when you post.
- Episodes — tick 3 to 12. The newest originals are ticked for you — up to ten, about ten minutes, a length long-form viewers sit through well. The channel's translations can be added too; each shows its language. They play oldest first, whatever order you tick them in.
- The bar at the bottom shows how many episodes you picked, how long the video will be and about how many credits it costs, with the price line under it.
- Press Make the long video. The job page opens: it waits for a GPU slot, then takes minutes — longer for twelve shorts than for three.
A compilation of the channel already being made is shown at the top of the page; you can queue another beside it.
Post it#
The compilation lands in Episodes with a long-form badge. Its page shows the video, its Chapters — "Already in the description: YouTube turns these into chapters." — and the texts to post it.
A compilation is posted by hand: download it (Download) and use the texts on its page, which carry the chapters. The schedule posts only a channel's shorts. A typical description:
6 stories from Cosmic Scale, back to back.
0:00 The real size of the Sun next to Earth
2:31 Light-speed from the Sun to Neptune
5:04 What a black hole does to a star
…Post it as a normal video on YouTube — not as a Short — and as a video on the Facebook Page. Instagram and TikTok are made for the vertical shorts themselves.
Settings#
| Setting | Default | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Title (optional) | "Channel: N stories in one" | The video's title and its file's |
| Episodes | The newest originals, up to ten | Which shorts go in, 3 to 12, oldest first |
Credits and plans#
- A compilation uses a few minutes of a GPU box and nothing else, so it costs very few credits; the picker shows about how many, and the price line what is reserved and what such jobs typically cost.
- Compilations are on every plan, the Trial included.
- A compilation that fails on our side is not charged.
Limits and good to know#
- Three to twelve episodes, all ready or published, all of the same channel.
- Only finished episodes go in: a held episode is released first, and only the episode's current version is used.
- A compilation is not checked again: each short in it passed its own checks. It does not carry the Original & reviewed badge of its shorts, and it cannot be translated, edited or made into a carousel.
- Keep it varied: a compilation of shorts on one theme, in a sensible order, is worth more to viewers than a random pile. Name it for what binds them.
Troubleshooting#
- "It needs at least 3 ready episodes." Generate a few more from the channel page, then come back.
- "Some of those episodes are not ready in this channel any more — reload the page." One of them was held or archived meanwhile: reload and pick again.
Related#
- Long-form films — original 6–10 minute films
- Episodes — the shorts a compilation is made of
- Ready-to-post packs — posting by hand
- Monetization tracker — following watch hours towards the Partner Programme
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