How CutBench picks the moments in your gameplay
Written by the developer of CutBench, so this is not an independent review.
CutBench works through the whole recording and ranks every candidate moment best first, leaning on what happens on screen and in the game audio. The top ones become vertical clips, each with a score and a label, and subtitles wherever someone speaks. It needs no list of games and no commentary, and it runs on your own PC.
What it looks at
It leans on two things: what is happening on screen and what the game audio does. That is where a gameplay highlight lives, whether or not anyone talks over it. CutBench looks for the same shape in every game rather than for anything one game does, so there is no list of supported games and no head start on a particular one. All of it runs on your PC, and the recording is not uploaded for processing.
What the score and the labels mean
Every clip comes back with a score and a label: recommended, optional, or skip with a plain reason. The list is sorted best first. The score ranks the moments of one recording against each other; it is not a forecast of views. You review the list and keep the clips you want. Posting is optional: nothing is published unless you connect your YouTube or TikTok account.
What it cannot see
Quiet and talky content is its weak case: when nothing in the session announces itself on screen or in the game audio, there is far less to go on, and a thinner list is what to expect. A kill with no sound behind it ranks low, and puzzle or strategy games are the edge of what it is for.
How long a job takes
It is a batch tool: start a job and come back to the clips. Measured on one RTX 3080 over 15 runs, a job takes 0.6 to 1.1 times the length of the recording, plus 5 to 10 minutes: 1 h 53 min to 3 h 28 min for a 3-hour recording. On AMD and Intel Arc it runs on the processor, tens of times slower, and still completes.
If your recordings are on a Windows 10 or 11 PC with an NVIDIA card (6 GB of VRAM or more), CutBench turns them into ranked vertical clips, with subtitles wherever someone speaks, and the recording is not uploaded for processing.
For recordings with no voice at all, see clips from gameplay with no commentary or webcam; the CutBench guide has the full requirements.
Questions people ask
Does CutBench need me to talk while I play?
No. It reads what happens on screen and in the game audio. If you talk, your words become the subtitles.
Does it learn my game?
No. There is no per-game training and no list of supported games; it looks for the same shape in every game.
Can I choose which clips to keep?
Yes. You review the ranked list and keep the clips you want. Posting is optional: nothing is published unless you connect your YouTube or TikTok account.