All prebuilt tools YOUTUBE SHORTS VIDEO FORMAT API

Format a Video for YouTube Shorts

Produce a Shorts-ready 9:16 MP4: 1080×1920, H.264 High@4.1, capped bitrate, constant 30 fps. Run the preset directly on this page or call the same agent-ready endpoint from your product.

Run this tool View API recipe

LIVE TOOL

Run youtube short

Drop a video, adjust the defaults if you need to, and download the result here.

BEFORE / AFTER

See what the tool changes.

A real example: the after side is the unedited output of a KinoPipe job. Run the live form above to generate the same result from your own media.

BeforeLandscape source

16:9

AfterShorts-ready MP4

Ready

1080×1920 · H.264 High@4.1 · 30 fps

Demo footage: public-domain timelapses (Bureau of Land Management, Oregon · NASA SVS). Processed by the same pipeline the API and MCP tools call.

BUILT FOR AUTOMATION

Useful defaults, typed options.

The tool slug stays stable while your agent supplies named media inputs and a narrow set of documented options.

Shorts delivery spec built in
Crop or blurred-pad framing
Audio preserved

What this preset does

01Reframe to 9:16 at 1080×1920
02Crop to fill or pad over a blurred background
03Encode H.264 High@4.1 within platform limits
04Deliver a fast-start MP4

Stable endpointPOST /api/v1/tools/youtube-short

Live API request

SYNCED WITH FORM

{
  "inputs": [{ "id": "main", "url": "https://example.com/video.mp4" }],
  "options": { "fit": "crop" }
}

Successful output example

{
  "result": {
    "output": {
      "filename": "youtube-short-output.mp4",
      "contentType": "video/mp4",
      "byteSize": 437021,
      "downloadUrl": "https://cdn.kinopipe.com/…"
    }
  }
}

CONSTRAINTS