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Video Cutter (Duration Edit)

MkvBatcher has a built in video cutter for trimming the beginning and end of TV recordings.

It is simple and fast because you only set new start and stop points for the conversion. There is no edit on the original file!

It works on all supported input files (even disc).

 

The button with the video symbol starts the selected video (marked on the batch list) in VLC player.

1. Search the start point with the controls of VLC player and then just click into the field "start at" of MkvBatcher. 2. Same principle with the end point. 3. Press "save" and start the conversion. No need to create a new input file first.

The "headline button" crop edit toggles the edit area between "Crop Edit" and "Duration Edit".

The button with the video symbol starts the selected video (marked on the batch list) in VLC player.

 

Set the start point:

Search the desired start point with the controls of VLC player and put it in pause mode.

Click into the edit field "start at:". This will put the current position of VLC player into that field.

Set the stop point and save:

Search the desired stop point with the controls of VLC player and put it there in pause mode.

Click into the edit field "stop at:". This will put the current position of VLC player into that field.

Press "save". This will save the new start- and end point and close VLC player.   In this example of a tv recording we have clipped the extra minutes at the start and the end. The data for "Start at -> Stop at" changed from Beginning/End to the new entries and the duration changed from 55 min to 43 min.

The processing data are stored in "...\MkvBatcher\D4P\YourLanguage\VideoTitle.Type.Size.D4P":

Note: The video has to have "standby" status on the batch list before edit is possible. Use the output mode "scan only" to scan videos in preparation for duration edit.   When you are done with all edits, change the output mode to e.g. "Match source folder structure" and press the start button.   The cutter will not affect the original file but only the converted file. Although this cutter only allows cutting by the second, it is a quick way of trimming the beginning and/or end of TV recordings. If you need a more acurate cutting per frame and the ability to cut out commercials etc., please use specialized tools (e.g. TS-Doctor) before you add a file for conversion to the batch list.