{"id":50785,"date":"2026-01-22T16:52:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=50785"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:52:20","slug":"losslesscut-1-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/22\/losslesscut-1-13\/","title":{"rendered":"LosslessCut 1.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2026\/01\/trim-video-fast-with-lossless-cut\/\">Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2026\/01\/trim-video-fast-with-lossless-cut\/\">\n<p>There was a time when QuickTime was <a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/offsite\/2025\/12\/how-quicktime-survived-90s-apple-to-become-invisible-and-ubiquitous\/\">more than just a playback utility<\/a>; I used it frequently to perform simple video edits, like removing commercials from an off-air recording or tacking the contents of one file on the end of another.<\/p>\n<p>Since those days ended with the deprecation of classic QuickTime, I&rsquo;ve never really had a go-to utility for these kinds of trims.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Apple [eventually] added editing features back to QuickTime Player. [&#8230;] The issue is that the final file you save is a MOV container featuring those clips, which [&#8230;] means that in the end you have to re-encode the video to get a seamless mp4 file for a video podcast.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>This time, I decided to look for a visual utility (i.e., not something I have to drive from Terminal) that could solve this problem. And I found it: the open-source app <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mifi\/lossless-cut\/blob\/master\/README.md\">LosslessCut<\/a>, which provides a nice interface atop the powerful FFmpeg command-line app.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/26\/goodbye-quicktime-7-and-jpeg-2000\/\">Goodbye, QuickTime 7 and JPEG 2000<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/13\/the-origins-of-quicktime\/\">The Origins of QuickTime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/17\/av-foundation-and-the-void\/\">AV Foundation and the Void<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/28\/what-is-apple-doing-with-quicktime\/\">What Is Apple Doing With QuickTime?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jason Snell: There was a time when QuickTime was more than just a playback utility; I used it frequently to perform simple video edits, like removing commercials from an off-air recording or tacking the contents of one file on the end of another. 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