The core functionality of this script is to very quickly cut videos losslessly in mpv as an alternative to LosslessCut.
I decided to modify mpv-cut since I was looking for slightly different functionality to what the original script provided. Mainly I wanted to be able to adjust the start and end points of cuts.
Also credits to suckless-cut for inspiration & keybinds.
Besides mpv, you must have ffmpeg in your PATH.
Download the latest release and move the folders in the zip into your mpv folder.
| Platform | Path |
|---|---|
| Windows | %appdata%/Roaming/mpv/ |
| Windows (Scoop) | %userprofile%/scoop/persist/mpv/portable_config/ |
| Linux/MacOS | ~/.config/mpv/ |
After that, the next time you run mpv the script will be loaded.
script-opts/mpv-lossless-cut.conf:
lossless- Whether the cut clips should be lossless. If set to yes, cuts may not be exact, as they can only occur at keyframes. Setting it to no will re-encode clips, but cut times will be exact.output_dir- The output directory for cuts, can be relative or absolute.- Default value:
.(will place cuts in the same directory as the original video)
- Default value:
multi_cut_mode- The mode for handling multiple cuts for a single video. Options:separate: create separate cut files (default)merge: merge cut files into a single cut.
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g and h to set the start and end points of a cut (will use your current position).
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G and H will do the same, but will place the points at the very start or end of the video.
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r to render cuts.
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ctrl+g to toggle between
separateandmergemode. -
ctrl+h to clear cuts.
If you want to change the start or end position of a cut you can press the keybind again. You can also create multiple cuts from a single video.
Rendered cuts will be placed in the same directory as the source file.
If the script doesn't work, you can try these steps.
- Make sure all of the requirements are installed
- Make sure the script is installed in the correct directory. You should end up with something like:
~/.mpv/config/scripts/mpv-lossless-cut.lua. - Run mpv using the terminal (
mpv video.mp4) and check the output, are there any errors? - Make sure you don't have multiple versions of mpv installed. You might have installed the script to the wrong version.