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I've found out ways to cut a video at the beginning (ss), or the end or at a certain time however now i'm trying to find a way to cut 5 seconds of the middle of any video.

So if a video runs for 3 minutes, it should cut the video between 1.30 and 1.35 and have 1 video as output. I don't even know if this is possible, but i have to give it a try here since i'm out of clues.

razz vazz
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This will require a few steps:

  1. Get duration with ffprobe.

  2. Run ffmpeg:

    ffmpeg -ss <duration/2 - 5> -t 5 -i input.mp4 output.mp4

    • <duration/2 - 5> is of course half the duration value minus 5 seconds. For example, if your input has a duration of 60 seconds, your -ss value will be 25. You'll enter this value manually.

    • This can be scripted for automated usage. Your OS/shell/scripting language is unknown, but for a related example in Bash you can adapt see How to create a thumbnail from the middle of a video with FFmpeg.

llogan
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