LosslessCut

{{Short description|Free software for video editing}}

{{Infobox Software

|name = LosslessCut

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|screenshot = 300px

|caption = Screenshot of LosslessCut in MacOS

|developer = Mikael Finstad

|released = 2016

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|latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q104771861|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

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|operating system = MacOS, Linux, Windows

|programming language = HTML5, JavaScript

|language = English

|license = 2021: GPL-2.0-only{{efn|GPL-2.0-only since 2021-08-25.{{cite web|url=https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/commit/b9e619b5acbe627e8ea7c1d67214af422d146d1f|title=Relicense to GPL|website=GitHub |date=2021-08-25}}}}
2016: MIT{{efn|MIT from 2016-10-30 until 2021-08-25.{{cite web|url=https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/commit/7b9923407bc28b7efd5e95014505a0166481f56c|title=Initial commit|website=GitHub |date=2016-10-30}}}}

|website = [https://www.mifi.no/losslesscut/ www.mifi.no/losslesscut]

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LosslessCut is a free, platform independent video editing software, which supports numerous audio, video and container formats.{{cite web|title=LosslessCut 3.30|periodical=|publisher=Techspot|url=https://www.techspot.com/downloads/6927-losslesscut.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2021-01-02|language=English|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=LosslessCut|periodical=|publisher=Computer-Bild|url=https://www.computerbild.de/download/LosslessCut-16719799.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|year=2020|language=German|pages=|quote=}}

It is a graphical user interface, with MacOS, Windows{{cite web|title=LosslessCut|periodical=|publisher=Microsoft|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/losslesscut/9p30lsr4705l?activetab=pivot:overviewtab|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2020|language=English|pages=|quote=}} and Linux{{cite web|title=LosslessCut 3.30|periodical=|author=Shekin|publisher=Mint Guide|url=https://mintguide.org/video/899-losslesscut-simple-and-fast-trimming-video-and-audio.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|date=2019-02-01|language=English|pages=|quote=}} support, using the FFmpeg multimedia framework. The software focuses on the lossless editing of the video files.{{cite web|title=Free Video Cutter LosslessCut Adds Multiple Cut Points, Video Merging Feature|periodical=|publisher=Linux Uprising|author=Logix|url=https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/01/free-video-cutter-losslesscut-adds.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|date=2019-01-29|language=|pages=|quote=}} By copying the selected image sequences without transcoding or re-rendering, it achieves very fast creation of the target file{{cite web|author=Carsten Cashy|title=LosslessCut: Open Source-Software schneidet flott Filmclips|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/losslesscut-open-source-software-schneidet-flott-filmclips/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|year= 2020 |language=German|pages=|quote=}} in comparison to tools that re-encode frames.{{cite web|author=Ji M|title=LosslessCut – Super Fast Tool for Trimming / Cutting Video & Audio|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2020/12/losslesscut-super-fast-trimming-cutting-video-audio/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-23|archive-url=|archive-date=|date=2020-12-03|language=English|pages=|quote=}}

Completely lossless copying is achieved when the source file is cut at the reference frames of a group of pictures only. This is being visualised when operating the program.{{cite web|title=Free Video Cutter LosslessCut Adds Multiple Cut Points, Video Merging Feature|periodical=|publisher=Linux Uprising|author=Logix|url=https://www.linuxuprising.com/2019/01/free-video-cutter-losslesscut-adds.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|date=2019-01-29|language=|pages=|quote=}}

With a size short of 100 MB,{{cite web|title=LosslessCut for Mac: Tool for lossless trimming/cutting of video and audio files|periodical=|publisher=MacUpdate|url=https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/61073/losslesscut|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2020-12-16|language=|pages=|quote=}} the software is small and portable, thus it can be started from an external storage medium without prior installation. The FFmpeg framework needs to be present on the computer already.{{cite web|title=LosslessCut|periodical=|publisher=Softpedia|url=https://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Video/Video-Editors/lossless-cut.shtml|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2020-12-15|language=English|pages=|quote=}}{{cite web|title=LosslessCut 3.30|periodical=|publisher=Chip |url=https://www.chip.de/downloads/LosslessCut_102655197.html|url-status=|format=|access-date=2021-01-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}