aprnu@feddit.ch to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoLosslessCut, the Swiss army knife for lossless video and audio editingubunlog.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-28 months agoExcept if it’s lossless so there’s no harm in reencoding to accurately clip files
minus-squaremudeth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoYou’re confusing cause and effect. It’s lossless because it cuts at keyframes and does not re-encode. If it did what you’re suggesting it wouldn’t be lossless anymore.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoLossless codecs can be decoded and reencoded without effect
minus-squaremudeth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoLosslessCut doesn’t only use lossless codecs. It losslessly cuts video files encoded in lossy codecs.
Except if it’s lossless so there’s no harm in reencoding to accurately clip files
You’re confusing cause and effect. It’s lossless because it cuts at keyframes and does not re-encode.
If it did what you’re suggesting it wouldn’t be lossless anymore.
Lossless codecs can be decoded and reencoded without effect
LosslessCut doesn’t only use lossless codecs. It losslessly cuts video files encoded in lossy codecs.