LosslessCut
Creative
video editing
SHOW HN2016
98points
33comments
#384of 2,264 in 2016
Top 17%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
0 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.45.
Performance: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Installs and runs quickly
From 1 comment
I think including everything is super cool because I had the app installed and running in under 10 seconds. What wasn't cool was that I asked to cut a short 15 s video to the…
arjie on HN
Objections
Bundles Electron and Chromium, making the app about 70 MB
From 2 comments
I guessed from the title it was going to be using ffmpeg, because I myself have used ffmpeg's `-ss`, `-t`/`-to`, and `-codec copy` numerous times for this exact purpose. Then I…
pritambaral on HNI'm legitimately pissed off by this. Electron apps are always annoying to see but this one is genuinely offensive. I hate the culture and ecosystem Electron has allowed to…
Sir_Cmpwn on HN
Cutting near keyframes loses data and is not exact
From 2 comments
I don't know what you mean by cross-frame data. The program is using ffmpeg's -ss, -t, and vcodec copy functionality, and I'm not sure how it handles these issues. I know that if…
mifino on HNThat's another issue, but it can also lose other data which will cause warnings but play most likely with correct color reproduction. I don't have such a source file handy to…
cm3 on HN
Spinning indicator with no feedback on a simple cut
From 1 comment
I think including everything is super cool because I had the app installed and running in under 10 seconds. What wasn't cool was that I asked to cut a short 15 s video to the…
arjie on HN
Requests
Use a shared system ffmpeg instead of bundling a second copy
From 2 comments
> The windows binary of QtAV is btw 35MB (i assume compressed) Perhaps you're looking at player+SDK. The player alone[0] is 21MB > ffmpeg is actually bundled twice in…
pritambaral on HNThat is not what I meant. I meant using the same version of ffmpeg as the shared lib linked with Electron and linked with the binary. So, your bundle would have libavutil.so…
pritambaral on HN
Questions
How are cut points at non-keyframes and missing stream data handled?
From 2 comments
How do you deal with the fact that some video tracks do not provide the needed cross-frame data or the times you're cutting are at unfortunate points which would require a…
cm3 on HNThat's another issue, but it can also lose other data which will cause warnings but play most likely with correct color reproduction. I don't have such a source file handy to…
cm3 on HN
Alternatives named
QtAV
From 1 comment
I guessed from the title it was going to be using ffmpeg, because I myself have used ffmpeg's `-ss`, `-t`/`-to`, and `-codec copy` numerous times for this exact purpose. Then I…
pritambaral on HN
Avidemux
From 2 comments
Check out AviDemux, http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ it offers a simple UI and also lossless cutting.
tckr on HNAmusingly, AviDemux, which has a LOT more ability than just cutting... is about 71 meg.
pkroll on HN