smartcut

A command line python script for cutting video files frame accurately. Reencoding is only performed for segments containing a cut at a non key frame.

It is refactored out of https://github.com/monarc99/otr-verwaltung The tool is tested for files encoded by https://www.onlinetvrecorder.com Other videos have not been tested.

Dependencies

• python
• mediainfo
• x264_encoder with ffmpegsource support
• ffmpegsource
• mkvtoolnix (mkvmerge)

Usage

python3 smartcut.py [-h] [-o OUT] [--profile HQ|HD] [--workingdir <WORKINGDIR>]
                   [-i <video file>]
                   <cutlist file>

Currently supported cutlist formats are:

• avidemux project files (cut in avidemux, File -> Project script -> save as project script)
• Cut list format used by onlinetvrecorder.com

If the cutlist specifies the input video file, the -i option is not necessary but can be used to overwrite the value from the cutlist file.