LosslessCut For Mac

Extracting only the sequence of interest from a large video recording can prove to be quite time-consuming without the proper tools.

LosslessCut is a video editing tool that relies on the open source ffmpeg project to deal with the video decoding and aims to help you trim and cut unwanted video content from your recordings with ease.

Right off the bat, LosslessCut scans you Mac in order to determine where is your ffmpeg installation. The process occurs in the background, so you are simply greeted by a minimalist window on top of which you must drop the video you want to process.

Since LosslessCut relies on Chromium and HTML5 for the playback, note that you cannot work with all the file formats that are supported by ffmpeg. However, the app can process popular formats, such as OGG, MP3, AAC, MP4, MOV, MKV, WAV, and so on.

Within the LosslessCut main window you get to play the entire video and review its content. The app will detect the video format on its own (you get to see it in the bottom right corner of the main window) and also allows you to adjust the playback speed.

LosslessCut includes intuitive buttons for controlling the playback: play and pause, jump to the start or the end of the video, or jump backwards or forward a couple of frames. You can also see details about the playback time, and you can use the cursor to jump to a particular time.

Note that you can set the start and end time for the cutting process, and then click on the scissors button to perform the task. The output video will be exported to the desktop, but keep in mind that the original files remain intact.

Bottom line, LosslessCut reduces the video cutting and trimming processes to simple actions: just load the video, preview the content, and cut the portion that you don’t need.

Note that LosslessCut can also grab a screenshot of the current frame: the image will be sent to your desktop as a JPG file.