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NOTE: The start-time is INCLUSIVE and the end-time is normally EXCLUSIVE, hence the +0.01, to make it inclusive. And yes, I've verified it's frame perfect. This method is ideal even when clipping from deep within a large file because seeking isn't disabled, unlike the old answer. This, like the old answer, will produce a 15 second clip. Myfile.write(f'file ')įfmpeg -ss $StartSeconds -i input.mpg -t $Duration output.mpg With open('concatenate.txt', 'a') as myfile: Return subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode('utf-8').strip() If you want to concatenate multiple cut scenes you can use following Python script: #!/usr/bin/env python3Ĭmd = ['ffprobe', '-i', input_video, '-show_entries', 'format=duration',

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Ffmpeg trim video mp4#

Generated mp4 files could also be used in iMovie. Reference: Trim video files using FFmpeg by Alexander Refsum Jensenius. Here's what I use and will only take a few seconds to run: ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -ss 01:19:27 -to 02:18:51 -c:v copy -c:a copy output.mp4 If you are using a current version of ffmpeg you can also replace -t with -to in the above command to end at the specified time. The above command will encode 8s of video starting at 3s. For details, see ffmpeg's x264 Encoding Guide for video and AAC Encoding Guide for audio.Īlso, the -t option specifies a duration, not an end time. When re-encoding you may also wish to include additional quality-related options or a particular AAC encoder. Re-encoding is the default if you do not specify copy. If you want to cut precisely starting at a non-keyframe and want it to play starting at the desired point on a player that does not support edit lists, or want to ensure that the cut portion is not actually in the output file (for example if it contains confidential information), then you can do that by re-encoding so that there will be a keyframe precisely at the desired start time. Some players will ignore the edit list and always play all of the media in the file from beginning to end. If this is not working for you then you are probably either using an older version of ffmpeg, or your player does not support edit lists. If you are using the latest ffmpeg from git master it will do this using an edit list when invoked using the command that you provided. In other words, if the closest keyframe before 3s is at 0s then it will copy the video starting at 0s and use an edit list to tell the player to start playing 3 seconds in.

With the mp4 container it is possible to cut at a non-keyframe without re-encoding using an edit list.

Because non-keyframes encode differences from other frames, they require all of the data starting with the previous keyframe. You probably do not have a keyframe at the 3 second mark.