Live Calls: record interviews and turn them into clips

Live Calls lets you record an interview, podcast or conversation in Choppity. Invite up to five guests with a link; guests do not need a Choppity account. After the call, Choppity prepares one video for you to review, edit and turn into clips.

Find this feature under Calls in the app. It is available on the Creator plan and above. Calls can last up to 3 hours and use AI analysis time for their duration.

Start a call now

1. Sign in and open Calls from the header menu, or go directly to Calls.

2. Click Start a call.

3. Allow camera and microphone access in your browser. Check your preview, choose your Camera and Microphone, and speak to check the microphone meter.

4. Copy the Guest link and send it to your guests. Anyone with that link can join, so share it with the people you want in the recording.

5. Tick I understand this call is recorded, then click Join call.

Recording starts when you join. Each participant's camera, microphone and shared screen are recorded on their own device and uploaded during the call.

Schedule a call for later

1. On the Calls page, click Schedule a call.

2. Enter a Title, start date and time, and Length. The date and time use your device's local time zone.

3. Add your guests' email addresses, one per line or separated by commas.

4. Optionally turn on Make clips automatically.

5. Click Schedule and send invites.

Guests receive an email with a calendar invitation and their join link, plus a reminder 15 minutes before the call. Open the scheduled call from Upcoming calls when you are ready to start.

How guests join

1. Open the guest link and allow camera and microphone access.

2. Check the preview and select the camera and microphone to use.

3. Enter a name, read the recording notice and tick I agree to be recorded.

4. Click Join call. For a scheduled call, guests wait on this page until the host starts it.

During the call

Use the microphone and camera buttons to mute yourself or turn your camera off. The menus beside them let you change devices. Use Share screen to choose what to show, and Stop sharing when you are finished.

Chat sends messages to everyone currently in the call. Chat messages are not saved with the recording, and people who join later do not see earlier messages.

The host uses End call to finish the call for everyone. Guests use Leave to leave their own session.

Save, review and make clips

Keep your browser tab open until your recording has finished uploading. Guests see a saving message before they can close the tab. The host returns to the Calls page, where an upload banner shows any remaining upload.

The call card shows Making the video while Choppity prepares it. Once it shows Ready, open it to review the recording. Processing time varies; any time shown on the card is an estimate.

To generate clips, turn on Make clips automatically when scheduling or before joining. You can also find this option in the call card's menu after the call. When the clips have started, use Open clips from that menu. Making clips uses AI analysis minutes.

If something is not working

• Camera or microphone access is blocked: allow access in your browser's address bar, then reload the lobby.

• Guests cannot join a scheduled call: the host needs to start it first.

• The live picture looks soft: live call quality depends on the connection. Choppity records each device separately for the finished video; wait for those recordings to finish uploading.

• An upload did not finish: Choppity can use an available backup from the call. Backup footage may be lower quality.

• You are out of AI analysis hours: follow the upgrade prompt for more hours, or wait for your allowance to renew. A call recorded beyond your allowance may require available hours before you can open its video.