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I have been using Openshot, and it really is quite capable, but a lot of time I simply want to cut out a clip from something and going through the export sequence I seem to end up with huge files that are way bigger than the source was. If I am simply missing something in the Openshot settings and I can export in the same format as the source, please fill me in. Thanks in advance.

I have been using Openshot, and it really is quite capable, but a lot of time I simply want to cut out a clip from something and going through the export sequence I seem to end up with huge files that are way bigger than the source was. If I am simply missing something in the Openshot settings and I can export in the same format as the source, please fill me in. Thanks in advance.

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If you are just grabbing a part of a video you would use ffmpeg with -c:a copy -c:v copy. I think that there is a way to go to the nearest keyframe or do a correction.

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

Thanks for the reply, but these Magic Symbols are completely alien to me. I really need something with a machine to human interface.

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in that case use handbrake, it lets you do the same thing with a gui. you will need to know the time in and time out and just set everything to copy (not reencode).

[–] [deleted] • 0 pt (edited )

Ahh, Handbrake I am familiar with, although I did not know it was Linux compatible. I will try this. Would still like to find something that is more along the lines of an actual editor that will allow exporting in the source format though.

Update: I tried Handbrake for grabbing a clip from a video, and it has the same issue of not exporting in the source format. You can manually select something close, but it is still not simply taking a piece out of a video, and of course is way more clunky than an actual video editor- no timeline, etc. Not an improvement over Openshot for anyone who may be interested in what I am asking about.