aprnu@feddit.ch to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoLosslessCut, the Swiss army knife for lossless video and audio editingubunlog.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1210
arrow-up1210external-linkLosslessCut, the Swiss army knife for lossless video and audio editingubunlog.comaprnu@feddit.ch to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoExcept if it’s lossless so there’s no harm in reencoding to accurately clip files
minus-squaremudeth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoLossless codecs can be decoded and reencoded without effect
minus-squaremudeth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoLosslessCut doesn’t only use lossless codecs. It losslessly cuts video files encoded in lossy codecs.
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI think they were talking about a special kind of media file, that is not compressed but instead stored losslessly. I think H264 can do that too.
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.
I think they were talking about a special kind of media file, that is not compressed but instead stored losslessly. I think H264 can do that too.