Share a screen recording with a link

Why share a video as a link instead of a file

A screen recording of a few minutes can easily weigh tens of megabytes, often more than an email attachment allows (Gmail caps attachments at 25 MB). Even when it goes through, your recipient has to download it, find a player and has no idea how long it is.

A link opens in one click, in the browser, on desktop or phone. You can paste it anywhere: email, support ticket, chat, docs. And you can send someone straight to the right moment.

How to create a share link, step by step

1. 1

   Edit your video as usual

   Zooms, cuts, captions: the link shares the edited version.

2. 2

   Go to Export → Share link

   This is the only time Clarcut sends anything online, and only when you ask it to.

3. 3

   Give the video a title

   It shows at the top of the watch page. You can add a description too.

4. 4

   Let Clarcut add the transcript

   It appears next to the video, timestamped and clickable.

5. 5

   Start the upload

   Clarcut prepares a lighter web version and uploads it. When it's done, the link is copied.

6. 6

   Paste the link

   The page opens at an address like clarcut.com/v/…, and viewers don't need an account to watch.

What your viewer sees

• A video player, right in the browser.
• A timestamped transcript next to the video: click a sentence to jump to that moment.
• Search inside the transcript, to find a word or setting without watching everything.
• Links to a specific moment (the ?t= parameter in the URL), perfect for “watch from 1:42.”
• The title and description you added.

Option: share on your own domain, white label

If you send videos to clients, you can put them under your own name. White label, included in Clarcut Plus, shows the watch page on your own domain (for example video.yoursite.com/v/…), with your logo, your name, your accent color and a light or dark theme. The page carries no mention of Clarcut at all: no logo, no link, no Clarcut analytics.

You set it up once, under Account → White label: pick a subdomain and add one CNAME record at your DNS provider. From then on, links copied from the app use your domain. One domain per account, and it covers video pages only.

The full setup is covered on the White label video hosting page.

What Clarcut Plus includes

Real-world uses

• Customer support: instead of a ten-step email, record the fix in two minutes and paste the link into the ticket. The customer can search the transcript for a word.
• Onboarding: one video per key step, sent at the right time, with a link that starts right at the useful part.
• Feedback: show on screen what needs to change on a mockup or page instead of writing it out.
• Handoffs: explain an internal process once, and make it findable through transcript search.
• Sales outreach: a personalized demo sent to a prospect says more than a brochure.

Ways to share a video by link, compared

Best practices for shared videos

• Write a title that says what the video solves: “Export your invoices as PDF,” not “Recording 12.”
• Add a two-line description with context, especially for a support ticket.
• Use timestamp links for targeted answers: the customer jumps straight to the step that matters to them.
• Read the transcript: it includes everything you say, including a name or email address you mentioned by accident.
• Blur sensitive data before you share: once a video is out, it can get forwarded.
• Keep an MP4 copy of videos that need to last: if you cancel Clarcut Plus, videos are deleted after 30 days.

When Clarcut Plus isn't the right choice

If your team wants to comment on videos, organize them in shared workspaces or connect them to Slack or Notion, Clarcut Plus doesn't do that: no comments on shared videos, no team workspaces, no integrations. A tool like Loom is built for that.

If you're publishing to a large audience, YouTube or your own course platform is still the way to go. And if you only need to send a file once in a while, exporting an MP4 and sharing it from the cloud storage you already use costs nothing extra.

Frequently asked questions