Alternatives to Video Trimmer
A small GNOME app for cutting a section out of a video without re-encoding it. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Video Trimmer
A small GNOME app for cutting a section out of a video without re-encoding it.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Video Trimmer.
LosslessCut
Trims and joins video and audio without re-encoding, so a cut takes seconds instead of an hour.
LosslessCut also trims without re-encoding but runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and can merge files, extract tracks and repair containers.
Avidemux
A simple video editor for cutting, filtering and encoding, aimed at trimming and converting rather than full editing.
Avidemux offers lossless copy-mode cutting on Windows, macOS and Linux, adding filters, encoding and a batch job queue, with a dated interface.
Footage
A small GNOME app for trimming, cropping, flipping and converting video files on Linux.
Footage is another small GNOME app that adds cropping, flipping and conversion to trimming, though its edits are not described as lossless.
Machete
A Windows video editor that cuts, copies and joins media files without re-encoding.
Machete cuts and joins files without re-encoding, but it runs only on Windows and is freemium closed-source software.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
FFmpeg
The command that converts, cuts, streams and inspects essentially any audio or video file in existence.
MKVToolNix
Builds, inspects and edits MKV files: add subtitles, drop a track, fix chapters, all without re-encoding.
Shotcut
A free cross-platform video editor with a multi-track timeline that edits most formats without importing them first.
Showtime
GNOME's video player, with simple playback controls, subtitles, multiple audio tracks and screenshots.
Clapper
A GNOME media player built on GStreamer and GTK4, designed for simplicity and ease of use.
