In the next article we are going to take a look at LosslessCut. This is one Simple, cross-platform tool for lossless trimming / cutting of video and audio files. It is ideal for processing large video files taken from a video camera, GoPro, drones, etc. It will allow us to quickly extract the good parts of our videos and discard the GB of data without losing quality. Doesn't do any decoding / encoding, so it is extremely fast. It will also allow us to take JPEG snapshots of the video at the selected moment. At the same time it supports lossless cuts in the most common audio formats. ffmpeg It is included in the application.
If you want a simple tool that only allows you to cut parts of your videos without complications, LosslessCut is a very good option to try. It is an effortless video splitter for Gnu / Linux. There are also different video editors available for Gnu / Linux, which we can use for professional video editing. Although these will have a much greater learning curve than the tool that stars in this article.
This tool is intended, in my view, for regular desktop users, who don't need a feature-rich video editor. Because the more functions an editor has, the more complex it becomes.
In this application all you have to do is cut out some parts here and there and cut out the parts of the video that you are not interested in, a full video editor could be an overkill to perform such basic actions. For this reason, this is where LosslessCut will be most useful to us. This editor is ridiculously simple to use. Just by looking at the user interface, you will know what to do to start using it. There is no learning curve, so getting started with this program will take a matter of seconds.
General characteristics of LosslessCut
- The main characteristic of this program is undoubtedly its ease of use.
- It is a tool free, open source and cross-platform.
- Supports all major video and audio file formats. As LosslessCut is based on Chromium and uses HTML5 video player, not all formats supported by ffmpeg will be supported. The following formats / codecs should generally work: MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV, OGG, WAV, MP3, AAC, H264, Theora, VP8, VP9. For more information about the supported formats / codecs, you can refer to the following link.
- The program will allow us a faster edition through its keyboard shortcuts (press 'h' to show shortcuts).
- Video rendering is immediate.
- Editing with this program occurs no loss of quality in the resulting video.
- We will be able take snapshots of the video that we have loaded in the interface.
How to use LosslessCut
Using LosslessCut to split videos is pretty simple. All you have to do is:
- Drag and drop a video file to the player to load it.
- Press the space bar to play / pause.
- Select the start and end time for cutting. Press 'I' to select the start time, 'O' to select the cut end time.
- Use the scissors button to export the selected portion.
- Press the camera button to take a snapshot.
LosslessCut installation
LosslessCut does not have an installation process. We will simply have to download the Zip file using the following link. When you have it downloaded, extract it. And run the application by doing double click on the "LosslessCut" binary. These steps work on all Gnu / Linux distributions.
The tools for video editing in Gnu / Linux were sometimes too complicated, sometimes the software crashed after spending a couple of hours of work, but things have been looking up. Major video editors for Gnu / Linux have focused on optimization and now work fluently even on teams with fewer resources. Well, when it comes to simple cutting and trimming, LosslessCut is simple, fast, and gets the job done.
Okay, but only one thing, when I cut the first part of a video, it disappears, only the audio remains, the video is lost for a few seconds and goes black.
Look in the typical workflow from the GitHub page. There they explain the keyboard shortcuts to work with this program, see if any of the options solve your problem. Salu2.
I've been looking for it but couldn't find it in the Ubuntu store. Now that if it is to make quick cuts in videos you can also use ffmpeg. It is more usually already installed by default.
Here you can review how to use it. https://www.mariouriarte.com/2020/04/como-cortar-un-video-en-linux/
Here are as many to try https://recortatuvideo.com/