Turn a tweet into a video for X
Posting a tweet as a video back to X sounds circular, but it is how quote-commentary and screenshot threads actually travel: video autoplays in the timeline while a link needs a tap, so the content gets seen without a click.
Paste a link above to see the preview here.
The card keeps the author's name, handle and timestamp so your export credits them. The post itself still belongs to whoever wrote it, so check you have the right to reuse it before you publish.
X accepts up to 2 minutes 20 seconds for most accounts and prefers H.264 MP4 with AAC audio, though silent video is fine. This page targets 16:9, which fills the timeline card without the vertical cropping X applies to tall video.
Questions
- What are X's video upload limits?
- Up to 2 minutes 20 seconds for most accounts, 512MB, H.264 MP4. A short tweet animation is far inside all of those.
- Does the video need audio?
- No. X plays silent video without complaint, and timeline autoplay is muted anyway.
- Why 16:9 rather than vertical?
- X crops tall video in the timeline card. 16:9 displays in full without cropping.