How long can a recording be?
Any recording up to 180 minutes opens on every plan, including Free, and the clip finder reads the whole thing. There is no file-size cap.
Updated November 12, 2026
Two different limits
The first limit is what opens: up to 180 minutes, on every plan. Long files are read in windows, so the browser's memory use stays flat even on a long sermon or podcast episode.
The second is how much footage one full cleaned edit can use. That is 3 minutes on Free, 30 on Starter and 60 on Pro. A full cleaned edit means the whole recording after the automatic cleanup, as opposed to a short clip cut from it.
Clips are not held to the footage limit
Clips cut from a longer recording export on any plan. So on Free you can open a long talk, let the clip finder pick moments from all of it, and export those clips, even though a full cleaned edit of the whole talk would go past 3 minutes.
If you try to export an edit that uses more footage than your plan allows, the editor says so and points you to the Clips tab.
Longer than 180 minutes
Split the recording into parts and import each part. Any video tool that can trim a file will do it, and a natural break, like the end of a section, makes a good split point.
The limit is about minutes, not megabytes. A long 4K file opens as long as it runs 180 minutes or less. If you would rather cap takes while you film, the recorder at /record has take length presets of 60 s, 3 min and 10 min.
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Try it on your own footage.
The editor opens in your browser with no account, and the sample project doesn't use an edit.