2Enter the start and end time of the part you want to keep.
3Preview the selection and run the cut — the part you keep is copied through untouched wherever the format allows it.
4Download the trimmed Video file.
Video Cutter FAQ
Anything specific to Video when trimming?
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Yes — the container and codec are probed before anything runs, so mixed uploads in one batch are handled per file. It explains most of the "the cut is a fraction of a second off" surprises.
Is the part I keep re-encoded?
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Not if the format allows a stream copy — the data you keep is bit-identical to the source and the job finishes in about the time the upload took. Only a frame-exact cut on a format that cannot do it cheaply needs a re-encode.
How does Video Cutter cut the file?
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Concretely, the cut is stream-copied at a keyframe boundary wherever possible, so most clips trim in seconds regardless of how long the source was. You set the start and end points on the waveform or the timeline and keep what is between them.
Does Video Cutter cost anything?
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No. Video Cutter is free without an account, and the output has no watermark, corner logo or intro card. The upload and the result are deleted automatically about 24 hours after the job, which leaves time to download the result.
Which video formats does Video Cutter accept?
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MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP, M4V, MPEG and MPG. Each file is probed for its real container and codec before anything runs, so a mixed batch is handled correctly file by file.
Is there a file size limit on Video Cutter?
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Yes: free accounts process video up to 40 MB per file whichever container you brought; ffmpeg with x264, x265 and libvpx does the encoding. It is high enough that upload speed is usually the binding constraint rather than the cap itself.
Why does a MP3 site host Video Cutter?
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MP3.to is built around the format that made portable audio ordinary: universally playable, small enough to ignore, and lossy in a way that only matters if you keep re-encoding it. Audio jobs cluster: the same person who needs a format changed usually needs the file cut, levelled or made smaller in the same sitting. Putting Video Cutter behind the same upload, the same caps and the same account is what turns three tabs into one.
What should I do with the result once Video Cutter is finished?
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The converter on this site moves audio between MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG and Opus, so the output format is a decision you can leave until the end rather than commit to at the start. Doing that after Video Cutter rather than before means the encode happens once, on the file you actually settled on, instead of twice.
Is Video Cutter here the same tool the sibling sites run?
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The engines are shared — the same ffmpeg build, the same workers, the same limits. What a MP3 site adds is a point of view about bitrates, about what survives an encode and about when a lossless intermediate is worth the upload time. It also starts from one fact about the format this site is named after: MP3 frames are fixed-size blocks, so a cut lands on a frame boundary and gapless playback markers do not survive a re-encode.
Do I need an account, and does anything get kept?
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No account is needed. Uploads and results are kept for about 24 hours, which leaves time to download the result, and are then deleted automatically; nobody reads, lists or indexes them. Several files in one job need a paid plan.
