FFmpeg Cut a video to a clip by seconds

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The fastest and best ffmpeg-based method I have figured out is:

ffmpeg -ss 00:01:00 -to 00:02:00 -i input.mp4 -c copy output.mp4

This command trims your video in seconds!

Explanation of the command: Command Explanation -i This specifies the input file. In that case, it is (input.mp4). -ss Used with -i, this seeks in the input file (input.mp4) to position. 00:01:00 This is the time your trimmed video will start with. -to The next argument after -to specifies the position (counted from the start of the entire, original video) at which FFmpeg should stop reading the data (00:02:00). 00:02:00 This is the time your trimmed video will end with. -c copy This is an option to trim via stream copy. (NB: Very fast)

The timing format is hh:mm:ss.