Twitch VOD Timestamp Finder
Paste a clip and get the exact moment it came from in the full VOD — so you can watch the whole thing, not just the 60 seconds someone kept.
Works with twitch.tv/…/clip/…, clips.twitch.tv/…, mobile links, twitch.tv/videos/…, or just a channel name.
What this tool does
The Twitch VOD Timestamp Finder takes a Twitch clip and tells you exactly where that moment
happens inside the full past broadcast it was cut from. Paste a clip link and you get a
timestamp like 5:19:48 plus a ready-made twitch.tv/videos/…?t=05h19m48s link that opens the VOD at that second.
What people use it for
- Watching the whole moment, not the 60-second cut. Twitch caps clips at 60 seconds, so the build-up and the aftermath are usually missing. The VOD still has both.
- Finding the stream a clip came from. A clip page never links back to its source broadcast, so without the offset there's no obvious way back to the full VOD.
- Checking context before believing a clip. Short clips travel a long way without the minutes on either side that explain them.
- Pulling source footage for an edit. Editors want the original broadcast rather than a re-encoded 30-second clip, and cutting a section out of a VOD starts with knowing the timestamp to cut from.
- Jumping to a moment someone described by time. "About three hours in" or "roughly two hours ago" is enough — no clip needed.
- Citing a stream precisely. A link to the exact second is far harder to argue with than "it's somewhere in the twelve-hour VOD".
- Working out when something actually aired. Paste a VOD link with a timestamp and it converts that position back into a real-world date and time.
How it works
Twitch stores a clip's position inside the broadcast it was cut from. This tool reads that
number straight from Twitch and turns it into a ?t= link, so a clip lands on the
exact second in the VOD. Nothing is downloaded and nothing runs on our servers — the lookup
happens in your browser, which means no API keys, no sign-in, and no shared rate limit.
Why other tools get it wrong
The common approach is to subtract the VOD's start time from the clip's creation time. That works for clips made live, but a clip cut out of a VOD days later was created days later, so the maths lands nowhere near the moment. We only fall back to that when Twitch has no stored offset, and label it as an estimate when we do.
When it can't help
- The broadcast has expired. Twitch keeps past broadcasts for 7 days on most channels, 14 days for Affiliates, and 60 days for Partners, Turbo and Prime streamers — clips outlive them.
- The stream was never saved, or the channel deleted it.
- The channel hides its past broadcasts, or the VOD is subscriber-only.
- A clip's moment is sometimes a few seconds ahead of where the clipper reacted — the nudge buttons are there for exactly that.
Frequently asked questions
How do I find where a Twitch clip is in the VOD?
Paste the clip link into the box at the top of this page. Twitch records every clip's offset inside the broadcast it was cut from, so the tool reads that number and gives you the exact timestamp plus a link that opens the VOD at that second.
Can I watch more than the 60 seconds a Twitch clip shows?
Yes, as long as the past broadcast still exists. Twitch caps clips at 60 seconds, but the VOD they came from holds the whole stream. Open the clip's timestamp in the VOD and you can watch as far before or after the moment as you like.
How do I find which VOD a Twitch clip came from?
A clip page doesn't show a link back to its source broadcast, but Twitch still stores the connection. Paste the clip here and you get the VOD's id, title, start time and a direct link to it.
What does ?t= mean in a Twitch VOD link?
It sets where playback starts. Twitch expects hours, minutes and seconds, so https://www.twitch.tv/videos/123456789?t=05h19m48s opens that VOD 5 hours, 19 minutes and 48 seconds in.
Why can't it find a VOD for an older clip?
Twitch deletes past broadcasts on a timer: 7 days for most channels, 14 days for Affiliates, and 60 days for Partners, Turbo and Prime streamers. Clips outlive the stream they came from, so for an older clip there is often no VOD left to link to.
Do I need a Twitch account, login or API key?
No. Every lookup runs in your own browser against Twitch's public data. There is nothing to sign in to, no key to paste, and no shared quota to run out of.
Can I find a moment in a stream without having a clip?
Yes. Enter a channel name and either how long ago the moment was, such as 2h 15m, or an exact date and time. The tool works out which broadcast was live then and how far into it that moment lands.
Is the timestamp exact?
When Twitch has an offset stored for the clip, which is the normal case, it is exact to the second and labelled Exact. When it has to be worked out from timestamps instead, the result is labelled Estimated and the nudge buttons let you hunt around the moment.