[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":486},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-30194440":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":74,"maker_in_thread":211,"shape":224,"grid":227,"attempts":447,"same_week":448,"maker_shows":328,"maker_hidden":478,"reader_version":479,"card":480},"30194440","Kapwing Smart Cut","Edit videos faster by automatically removing silences","title","Show HN: Edit videos faster by automatically removing silences","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kapwing.com\u002Ftools\u002Fsmart-cut","kapwing.com","shahahmed",1643905548,2022,171,89,352,2570,14,"notable","creative","video editing","web_app",[21,24,25,26],"silence removal","jump cut","browser video editor","curious",-0.093,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},8,23,1,9,41,{"design":36,"idea":38,"execution":41,"performance":43,"pricing":44},{"positive":32,"critical":37},3,{"positive":39,"critical":40},5,4,{"positive":42,"critical":32},0,{"positive":32,"critical":42},{"positive":42,"critical":32},[37,42,42,37,39,39,42,42,42,37,37,32,37,37,32,37,39,42,42,32,32,37,37,37,32,39,42,39,37,37,37,37,39,32,37,37,39,37,42,32],"Our team is filled with technologists and creators, and when we record and edit videos, 80% of the time is spent chopping up the video, removing silences, and picking the right takes.  So we decided to build a tool that did that for you — or at least get you there most of the way!\n\nOur initial implementation is somewhat naïve and uses a user configurable silence threshold that just reads in volume levels.  In the future, we’d like to use a frequency-based approach that focuses on the human voice.  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Did you use a library for volume detection?",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"30209073","SuboptimalEng","I'm glad there you guys made this option available in the browser. For those that don't know, YouTubers can spend more than 50% of their time editing on just cutting\u002Ftrimming…",{"value":89,"source":78,"evidence":90},"Browser-based with cloud saves is convenient",[91,92],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},{"id":93,"by":11,"text":94},"30200450","That's a fair criticism - for certain users, I do think ramping up on a native NLE (which can be flat rate or SaaS) and the using a plugin\u002Fexternal tool like Timebolt or Recut is…",[96,111,118],{"value":97,"source":78,"evidence":98},"Jump cut style feels unnatural and disruptive to watch",[99,103,107],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"30204888","betimsl","This is basically an attention killing machine and I'm not talking about the method, the method is OK and not novel. I have found that these time cuts completely ruin my ability…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"30205078","Underphil","Agreed. I find it extremely hard to watch videos where the sense of flow is completely disrupted by these cuts. It seems to be the norm though so I guess we're in the minority.",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"30202335","engineerthrwawy","Honestly the constant jump cut style of editing feels so unnatural to me... I'd rather watch someone takes pauses and not be taken out of the moment.... I'm sure this has…",{"value":112,"source":78,"evidence":113},"Cloud SaaS pricing is hard to justify versus one-time native tools like Recut",[114],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"30200388","lasean","I get the use case. Not sure there's enough value here as a cloud-based SaaS product. I use a similar product called Recut (https:\u002F\u002Fgetrecut.com\u002F). $99 one-time fee (no…",{"value":119,"source":78,"evidence":120},"Cutting pauses removes natural breathing and cadence",[121,125],{"id":122,"by":123,"text":124},"30205821","culebron21","The tool seems useful, but listening to the edited audio gives a suffocating feeling, because the speaker makes no pauses to breathe. Absolutely terrible sensation, exactly like…",{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"30201387","shanecoughlan","Weird. I edit a lot of videos but this is basically not something I have ever needed. The natural cadence of speakers is more valuable to me.",[130,141,148],{"value":131,"source":78,"evidence":132},"Speed up silent parts instead of hard cuts",[133,137],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"30200405","xhkkffbf","It would be neat if the application doesn't make a hard cut, but merely speeds up the silent parts. A more complex algorithm might watch movement and tune the amount of speed up…",{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"30198834","itake","Instead of cutting out the silence spots, why not speed them up? If the presenter is silent b\u002Fc they are drawing something on the board (like in a lecture), then the result will…",{"value":142,"source":78,"evidence":143},"Multi-track support for separate participant video tracks",[144],{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"30203028","dilly_li","I love your tool for trimming down interview videos from Zoom! However, recently I updated my recording setup with a new platform. Now I have separate video tracks for each…",{"value":149,"source":78,"evidence":150},"Transcript display",[151],{"id":152,"by":153,"text":154},"30200834","fragsworth","If it's the type of video where cutting silence automatically is viable, I wish they would just write out the transcript. 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