Cut a Video using ffmpeg
To cut a video using ffmpeg, use
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ffmpeg -ss 00:17:00 -i IN_FILE.avi -t DURATION_IN_SECONDS -acodec copy -vcodec copy -async 1 OUT_FILE.avi |
To cut a video and encoding it
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ffmpeg -ss 00:17:00 -i IN_FILE.avi -t DURATION_IN_SECONDS -crf 25.0 -c:v libx264 -c:a aac -ar 48000 -b:a 160k -coder 1 -threads 0 OUT_FILE.mp4 |
DURATION_IN_SECONDS specify duration of new clip. If you specify 60, it will cut 60 seconds of video start from time specified in -ss. In this cause, from 00:17:00 to 00:18:00.
For more info, see “Cutting small sections” part of ffmpeg documentation.
https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Seeking
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ffmpeg -ss 00:34:00 -t 00:02:00 -i IN_FILE.wmv -crf 25.0 -c:v libx264 -c:a libfaac -ar 48000 -b:a 160k -coder 1 -threads 0 OUT_FILE.mp4 |
In this example
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-ss 0:34:00 -t 0:02:00 |
Means cut video from 00:34:00 to 00:36:00
If you want to cut a video from time 01:00:00 to 01:20:00, use
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-ss 01:00:00 -t 00:20:00 |
10-Apr-2013 This command works great, i tested on many videos.
Cut video with avconv
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avconv -y -ss 00:04:00 -i BootstrapWebDesign-03.mov -t 00:00:30 -crf 25.0 -c:v libx264 -c:a libvo_aacenc -ar 48000 -b:a 160k -coder 1 -threads 0 1.mp4 |
Cut video with mencoder
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mencoder -ss 01:00:00 -endpos 00:00:30 -ovc copy -oac copy 1.avi -o 2.avi |
-ss = start time in hh:mm:ss format
-endpos = Duration in hh:mm:ss format
Example
Following with create a video “out.avi” from MSFT.avi from 00:24:00 to 00:25:00
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mencoder -ss 00:24:00 -endpos 00:01:00 -ovc copy -oac copy MSFT.avi -o out.avi |
21 April 2011 verified and working
See ffmpeg