Download, merge and split videos and cut Shorts with a hook, in one window

Download dramas straight into Studio

Pick a platform, paste the link of an episode or playlist, or type the title. Studio lists the episodes, you tick the ones you want, preview them right in Studio and download: every episode becomes a project ready to dub.

Supported sources include Hongguo, Douyin, Bilibili, Kuaishou, Weibo, Mango TV and, under UK/US, Plex, ReelShort and other free short-drama sites; for paid short dramas Studio only downloads the free episodes. When a source is switched off for now because it does not download reliably, Studio says why in the list.

Merge many episodes into one video

Join the episodes into one seamless Full HD video: landscape 16:9 (1920×1080) for YouTube and Facebook or vertical 9:16 (1080×1920) for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Studio always re-encodes every episode to the frame size and frame rate you choose before joining them, so picture and sound never drift.

• Natural sorting by episode name (Episode 1, Episode 2…), reorder with the up and down buttons
• The frame rate defaults to the one most of the source files use
• Audio and video sync is checked before export

Split a long film into episodes

Cut one long video into equal episodes, by minutes per episode or by number of episodes. Name them ahead, like Film title - Episode 01, and choose the first episode number. A fast keyframe cut keeps the original quality, or cut frame-accurately (re-encoded, slower). A very short last part is added to the previous episode.

Auto trim silences and music right in the Script step

In the Script step, click Auto trim: the Timeline opens and Studio marks red on the video track the parts of the open video you can drop: silences (audio under a threshold measured from the video's own background noise, or one you pick), parts where nobody speaks even with music playing (the speech AI, needs Install AI), black or frozen picture for 2 seconds or more, and music-only parts such as an opening theme, a scene bridge or end credits while nobody talks (the music separation AI, needs Install AI; to drop music likely to get a copyright claim, while music under dialogue is a job for Remove music, keep sound effects); where a line is spoken is never touched. Set the shortest part to cut and how much to keep on each side so no word gets clipped, click a red part to keep it, press play to hear the video without the red parts, then click Cut the red parts; Ctrl+Z brings them all back. The export cuts those parts from picture and sound, and the subtitles move with them; every auto cut keeps a pause beside the lines, so voice and subtitles stay on the picture.

Cut out the parts you don't want, right on the timeline

On the Script step the timeline sits at the bottom with a video track, like CapCut: drag the background or scroll to move along the video, Ctrl + scroll to zoom. Press Split at the playhead (the split snaps to a nearby line edge), click the unwanted piece and press Delete: it is gone and the next piece snaps onto the one before, lines included; Ctrl+Z brings it back. Drag a piece's edge to adjust, double-click a join to merge. The voices are not cut with the picture: a line being read carries on across the join, and the lines after move later if they would overlap. On the Lines track, drag a block to move a line (the lines next to it are pushed along), Ctrl/Shift + click or Shift + drag a box to select several, Delete removes them, select one line and press C to split it at the playhead, Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V copy and paste. CapCut-style keys: Space plays/pauses, ← → step one frame, Q/W cut what comes before/after the playhead. The export cuts deleted pieces out of picture and original sound and moves the SRT with them.

Cut Shorts with hook text and a thumbnail

Pick the best 60–180 seconds as a hook, zoom the video to fit the frame, add hook text on top and a caption below over a 16:9 thumbnail. The 9:16 preview is built exactly like the export; Studio saves a 1080×1920 MP4, by default to a Video_Shorts folder next to the film.