Video Cutter Timecode

😫 The Pain Point

You have a 2-hour Zoom recording. You just need the 5-minute section where the boss spoke about the “Bonus Plan”. Importing 2 hours of footage into Premiere Pro just to make one cut is overkill.

🚀 Agentic Solution

Lossless Cutter: Trims the file directly without re-encoding (Instant export).

Key Features:

• Speed: 100x faster than editing software because it doesn’t render pixels.
• Accuracy: Cuts exactly at the timestamp.

⚔️ Phase 1: Commander (Quick Fix)

For a quick trim.

Prompt:

“Cut zoom.mp4 from 00:10:00 to 00:15:00. Save as clip.mp4. Do not re-encode (copy codec) for speed.”

Result: 5-minute clip in 2 seconds.

🏗️ Phase 2: Architect (Permanent Tool)

For Virtual Assistants.

Engineering Prompt:

**Role:** Python Video Tool Dev
**Task:** Create a "Simple Video Trimmer".
**Requirements:**
1.  **GUI:**
    *   Select Video.
    *   Input: Start Time (HH:MM:SS).
    *   Input: End Time (HH:MM:SS).
    *   "Cut" button.
2.  **Logic:**
    *   Use `ffmpeg -ss [start] -to [end] -i [input] -c copy [output]`.
    *   Note: `-c copy` is the key for instant speed.
3.  **Deliverables:** `video_cutter.py`, `run.bat` (Windows), `run.sh` (Mac).

🧠 Prompt Decoding

• Codec Copy: Re-encoding takes 30 mins. Copying data stream takes 30 seconds. Knowing the flag -c copy identifies you as a video engineering expert.

🛠️ Instructions

1. Copy Prompt -> Paste -> Run.
2. Enter Timestamps -> Cut.