The rest of ClapClip AI needs files to work on, which is the whole reason it has a video downloader. Transcription, subtitles, enhancement: all of it starts with a video on your disk. So here's what the downloader does, and what it doesn't. (I'm Chris, the developer.)

What it does

You paste a link into the ClapClip AI Windows app. It works out which platform it's from and shows what it can read about the video: title, thumbnail, duration, author, and the formats and resolutions on offer. You pick a video resolution or audio, choose a folder, and it saves the file to your PC.

The platforms listed on the site are YouTube (videos, Shorts, playlists, channels), TikTok, Instagram Reels and public video posts, X/Twitter posts with video, Reddit, Twitch VODs and clips, Vimeo, Facebook public videos and Reels, SoundCloud tracks and playlists, Bilibili and Dailymotion. That's 11.…