Short-form creators
Cut highlights from long recordings
Turn livestreams, podcasts, webinars, or camera-roll footage into short clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and newsletters.
Trim or Cut Video Online
Cut clips from long videos for social posts, course previews, product demos, webinars, and highlights. Choose the segment on an interactive timeline, pick a preset, and export only the part you need.
Trim your video
Choose a file
or drag and drop
Sign in to run this tool — 100 free credits on signup.
Where trimming saves time
Educators and marketers
Trim course previews and product demos
Export the exact part of a lesson, walkthrough, testimonial, or feature demo without opening a full video editor.
Developers
Automate clip extraction in backend workflows
Use the API with -ss and -t to generate previews, highlights, moderation samples, and clipped user-uploaded videos.
FFmpeg flags used by this tool
Quick reference for what each parameter actually does.
- -ss <start>
- Seek to this position before reading. Placed before -i it's a fast input seek — snaps to the keyframe before the timestamp.
- -t <duration>
- Stop after this many seconds. Combined with -ss defines the clip window.
- -c copy
- Stream copy — pass through video and audio packets without re-encoding. Instant and lossless, cuts land on keyframes.
- -avoid_negative_ts make_zero
- Rewrites timestamps so the output starts at 0. Without this some players freeze for a second on stream-copy cuts.
- -c:v libx264 / libx265
- Re-encode the video stream. libx264 is universal H.264, libx265 is ~40% smaller H.265 at the same visual quality.
- -crf <n>
- Constant Rate Factor — lower = higher quality. 18 visually lossless, 23 default, 28 softer (smaller file).
- -preset <speed>
- Encoder speed/efficiency trade-off. Slower preset = better compression at the same quality.
How it works
- 01
Upload your video
Drop a file or paste a public video link.
- 02
Choose the clip range
The highlighted window on the track is your clip — slide it to pick a section and adjust its length.
- 03
Pick a preset
Fast (bitstream copy, instant) for most cases. Accurate (libx264) when you need a frame-exact cut. Smaller (libx265) when you also want a tighter file.
- 04
Download
Temporary download link as soon as it's done. Files auto-delete after 7 days.
FAQ
Why isn't my fast-mode cut exactly at the timestamp I asked for?
Bitstream copy can only cut on keyframes — usually every 2–10 seconds depending on the encoder. If you need millisecond accuracy, pick the Accurate preset. The trade-off: re-encode takes 5–30 seconds depending on length.
Will the audio stay in sync?
Yes — we add -avoid_negative_ts make_zero which fixes the off-by-one timestamp glitches that some players trip on after a stream-copy cut.
Can I cut out the middle and keep both ends?
Not in one shot — this tool extracts a single segment. For multi-segment cuts, use the API: chain two trim calls and a concat.
What's the difference between Accurate and Smaller?
Both re-encode for frame-accurate cuts. Accurate uses libx264 (H.264, universal compatibility, CRF 23). Smaller uses libx265 (H.265, ~40% smaller file at the same quality, but slower to encode and not playable everywhere).
Does trimming reduce file size?
Proportionally — a 30-second clip from a 10-minute video is about 1/20 the size. Fast mode keeps the original bitrate; for tighter compression pick Smaller, or run the result through the Compress tool.
Is this free?
Sign up for 100 free credits. A trim costs 1–2 credits in fast mode, more in re-encode modes (depends on length). No subscription, top up as you go.
Related video tools
Need to trim in code?
This tool is a wrapper around our REST API — three lines of curl will do the same job in your build pipeline or backend.
View API docscurl -X POST https://api.ffhub.io/v1/tasks \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d {
"command": "-ss 5 -i https://you.com/in.mp4 -t 10 -c copy -avoid_negative_ts make_zero output.mp4"
}