CutLang

Language describing how to cut up videos. Capable of very basic video editing on a single file.

Requirements

• ffmpeg.exe and ffprobe.exe must be added to PATH. You can download them here: https://ffmpeg.org/download.html
• .NET 6 must be installed.

Usage

Using a built executable from the ICut project (icut.exe):

icut VIDEO PROGRAM [flags?]

Example:

icut video.mp4 "00:30-01:00"

Output would be saved to video_cut.mp4.

Flags

• --vertical: crops output video to a 9:16 ratio.

Queries

Currently supports the following:

• Cutting
  • Extract video between 30 seconds and 1 minute: 00:30-01:00
  • Extract video between a precise time and the end of the video: 32:12.325-END
    • Note: this will only cut on a video keyframe, so may appear inaccurate.
• Concatenating
  • Join two cuts together: 00:30-01:00 + 02:00-03:00
• Speeding up
  • 5x speed: 00:30-01:00 >> 5
• Slowing down
  • 0.2x speed (5 times as slow): 00:30-01:00 << 5
• Brackets
  • Concatenate two cuts, then speed them up by 2x: (00:30-01:00 + 02:00-03:00) >> 2