Simple Video Cutter
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Simple Video Cutter

Overview

Simple Video Cutter is a Windows tool for quickly viewing and editing videos. It is particularly suitable for longer recordings where only specific segments need to be saved. The programme runs FFmpeg in the background, allowing you to prepare the next video whilst you are editing.

Features

Simple and intuitive interface
Supports common formats such as MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV
Multiple cuts per video possible
Automatic naming and organisation of clips
Multilingual interface (German, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese)

Installation

Installer version: Download and install the file *SimpleVideoCutterApp-win-Setup.exe*¹.
Portable version : Download the file *SimpleVideoCutterApp-win-Portable.zip*, unzip it and run it¹.
FFmpeg must be installed: either download it automatically or install it manually and set the path in the settings¹.

Step-by-step guide

1. Open a video

Launch the programme.
Select a file via ‘Open File’. Playback starts automatically.

Play/Pause: Space bar or click on the video
Scroll the timeline: Mouse wheel
Zoom in on the timeline: Ctrl + mouse wheel
Fast scroll: Shift + mouse wheel

3. Set cut points

Start marker: [ key or click the Start button
End marker: ] key or click the End button; the middle mouse button can also be used
Multiple segments per video are possible by resetting the start and end points

4. Export segment

Add segment to queue: E key or ‘Enqueue’ button
FFmpeg creates the segment in the background whilst you are already loading the next video

5. Edit the next video

Switch between files in the folder: Next / Previous buttons
Repeat steps 2–4 for each video

6. Configure output files

File names: Use variables such as {FileName}, {FileNameWithoutExtension}, {FileExtension}, {FileDate}, {Timestamp}
Save location: {UserVideos}, {UserDocuments}, {MyComputer}, {SameFolder} or your own path

Shortcuts

Function	Shortcut
Play / Pause	Space bar or click
Set start marker	[ or Start button
Set end marker	] or End button / middle mouse button
Export segment	E or Enqueue button
Next video	Next button
Previous video	Previous button
Scroll the timeline	Mouse wheel
Zoom in/out on the timeline	Ctrl + mouse wheel
Fast scroll	Shift + mouse wheel

Advantages

Free and open source (MIT licence)
Fast and resource-efficient
Easy to use, even for beginners

Limitations

Not a professional video editor (no effects or timeline editing)
Cutting may result in re-encoding if cut points do not fall on keyframes

Latest downloads

The programme is currently available from https://github.com/bartekmotyl/simple-video-cutter/releases

Footnotes

1. GitHub repository: https://github.com/bartekmotyl/simple-video-cutter  
2. CHIP download page: https://www.chip.de/downloads/SimpleVideoCutter_178364736.html  
3. COMPUTERBILD: https://www.computerbild.de/download/SimpleVideoCutter-29852107.html

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