lossless-cut

Project Overview

LosslessCut is a cross-platform lossless video/audio editing tool and the ultimate FFmpeg GUI. The main feature is lossless trimming and cutting of video and audio files, great for saving space by rough-cutting large video files without re-encoding and losing quality.

Key Features

• Lossless cutting of most video and audio formats
• Losslessly rearrange video/audio segments
• Lossless merge/concatenation of arbitrary files
• Lossless multi-track/stream editing
• Extract all tracks from a file (video, audio, subtitle, etc.)
• View technical data and edit file metadata
• Losslessly remux to different container formats
• Take full-resolution snapshots in JPEG/PNG
• Export ranges of video frames to images
• Keyboard shortcut workflow
• Undo/redo
• Import/export segments in multiple formats

Target Audience

• Content creators needing quick video editing
• Users wanting lossless video/audio processing
• Post-production for GoPro, drone, and other camera footage

Quick Start

1. Download the installer for your platform from losslesscut.app
2. Install and launch LosslessCut
3. Open a video or audio file
4. Mark segments to keep using the timeline
5. Click export to save the lossless result

Core Advantages

• Lossless operations with no quality loss
• Blazing fast processing powered by FFmpeg
• Cross-platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• Feature-rich swiss army knife for video processing

System Requirements

• OS: Windows, macOS, Linux
• Architectures: x86_64, arm64
• Additional Dependencies: None (FFmpeg is built-in)

Notes

• Lossless cutting occurs at keyframes; precise frame accuracy may not be possible
• Batch export is still under development