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Before you can recap a video, you have to understand it. The Recapo video summarizer turns long footage into working notes: a plot summary that tells you what happens, a chapter outline that shows how it is structured, and the key quotes worth keeping word for word.
The output is deliberately raw material, not a finished script — short, sectioned, and easy to rewrite. Feed it a video, an audio track, or just an SRT file, then export a commentary-ready outline and carry it into your next edit.
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Three summary types for three jobs
A single wall-of-text summary is rarely what an editor needs. The summarizer splits its understanding into three outputs you can mix per project:
- Plot summary — what actually happens, condensed into a few readable paragraphs.
- Chapter outline — the structure of the video with timestamps, so you can jump straight to any beat.
- Key quotes — lines worth quoting verbatim in your narration, captions, or description.
Notes, not finished scripts
Two writing styles shape the output: outline mode keeps everything terse and scannable for research and topic selection, while script-material mode phrases the notes so they drop into a narration draft with minimal rewriting. Either way, you stay the writer — the summarizer does the watching and the sorting.
Summarize from video, audio, or subtitles
You do not always have the footage on hand. If all you have is an SRT file or a transcript, the summarizer works from the text alone and still produces the same summary, outline, and quote outputs — handy for podcasts, interviews, and episodes you have already transcribed elsewhere.
How to use the Recapo video summarizer
Three steps, fully in the cloud — nothing to install.
Step 1: Add a source
Upload a video or audio file, import from a link, or drop in an SRT or plain transcript — the summarizer reads whichever you have.
Step 2: Pick the summary type
Choose plot summary, chapter outline, or key quotes. Advanced options keep timestamps, detect scene changes, and pull out an opening hook.
Step 3: Export the outline
Save the notes as a commentary outline, or hand them to the recap script generator and voiceover to keep building the video.
Frequently asked questions about the video summarizer
Can I summarize something I only have subtitles for?
Yes. Upload an SRT file or paste a transcript and the summarizer works from the text directly — no video file required.
Do the summaries keep timestamps?
Turn on the keep-timestamps option and the chapter outline doubles as a navigation map: every chapter and key quote points back to its moment in the footage.
When should I use this instead of the movie recap script generator?
Use the summarizer when you are researching — choosing a topic, mapping structure, collecting quotes. Switch to the recap script generator when you want a finished, record-ready narration.
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