How do I trim a video using Handbrake?












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I can't seem to figure out the solution to a very simple problem. I want to trim a video in Handbrake and keep the video as is (resolution, encoding, etc), just chop off the first few seconds, but I can't find out how.










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    I can't seem to figure out the solution to a very simple problem. I want to trim a video in Handbrake and keep the video as is (resolution, encoding, etc), just chop off the first few seconds, but I can't find out how.










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      I can't seem to figure out the solution to a very simple problem. I want to trim a video in Handbrake and keep the video as is (resolution, encoding, etc), just chop off the first few seconds, but I can't find out how.










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      I can't seem to figure out the solution to a very simple problem. I want to trim a video in Handbrake and keep the video as is (resolution, encoding, etc), just chop off the first few seconds, but I can't find out how.







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          Since I didn't get any answers here, for future visitors, the feature isn't very pronounced on the interface. Basically you click on the Chapters dropdown and select Seconds. From there, you can now set the portion of the video you want to trim. It's not really intuitive because you have to deal with the timing manually without any visual feedback but for simple trimmings, it'll do.



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            Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

            – TheSavo
            Aug 16 '16 at 11:38






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            How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

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          • it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

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          I recently downloaded and installed Handbrake on my Mac. I had the same question about editing. I ripped the entire movie and saved it on my Mac. Then I used QuickTime to watch the movie, taking careful note of the section that I wanted to copy from the film. I wrote down the time of the beginning of the section, plus the time that it ended. For example, the beginning of the clip that I wanted started at 1:10:14 and ended at 1:14:54. There are 60 seconds to a minute. Just figure out the beginning of the clip in seconds (4214 seconds) and the end of the clip (4494 seconds). Enter that information and you will have your section of the movie. Give it a different title than the source movie.






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            You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

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          Since I didn't get any answers here, for future visitors, the feature isn't very pronounced on the interface. Basically you click on the Chapters dropdown and select Seconds. From there, you can now set the portion of the video you want to trim. It's not really intuitive because you have to deal with the timing manually without any visual feedback but for simple trimmings, it'll do.



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            Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

            – TheSavo
            Aug 16 '16 at 11:38






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            How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

            – d-b
            Dec 28 '17 at 15:58











          • it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

            – Ooker
            Nov 21 '18 at 5:50
















          123














          Since I didn't get any answers here, for future visitors, the feature isn't very pronounced on the interface. Basically you click on the Chapters dropdown and select Seconds. From there, you can now set the portion of the video you want to trim. It's not really intuitive because you have to deal with the timing manually without any visual feedback but for simple trimmings, it'll do.



          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer



















          • 5





            Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

            – TheSavo
            Aug 16 '16 at 11:38






          • 8





            How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

            – d-b
            Dec 28 '17 at 15:58











          • it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

            – Ooker
            Nov 21 '18 at 5:50














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          Since I didn't get any answers here, for future visitors, the feature isn't very pronounced on the interface. Basically you click on the Chapters dropdown and select Seconds. From there, you can now set the portion of the video you want to trim. It's not really intuitive because you have to deal with the timing manually without any visual feedback but for simple trimmings, it'll do.



          enter image description here






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          Since I didn't get any answers here, for future visitors, the feature isn't very pronounced on the interface. Basically you click on the Chapters dropdown and select Seconds. From there, you can now set the portion of the video you want to trim. It's not really intuitive because you have to deal with the timing manually without any visual feedback but for simple trimmings, it'll do.



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          answered Mar 4 '16 at 17:10









          user400424user400424

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          • 5





            Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

            – TheSavo
            Aug 16 '16 at 11:38






          • 8





            How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

            – d-b
            Dec 28 '17 at 15:58











          • it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

            – Ooker
            Nov 21 '18 at 5:50














          • 5





            Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

            – TheSavo
            Aug 16 '16 at 11:38






          • 8





            How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

            – d-b
            Dec 28 '17 at 15:58











          • it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

            – Ooker
            Nov 21 '18 at 5:50








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          Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

          – TheSavo
          Aug 16 '16 at 11:38





          Using the [Add to Queue] Option, you could segment a video into smaller chunks. I cut a 4-hour video down in to 1-hour video by moving the start and stop-times up. I also manually incremented the Destination File name.

          – TheSavo
          Aug 16 '16 at 11:38




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          How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

          – d-b
          Dec 28 '17 at 15:58





          How do you sett Handbrake to just "pass through" without re-encoding the clip?

          – d-b
          Dec 28 '17 at 15:58













          it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

          – Ooker
          Nov 21 '18 at 5:50





          it's strange that a very highly upvoted question couldn't be answered until the OP answered it themselves

          – Ooker
          Nov 21 '18 at 5:50













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          I recently downloaded and installed Handbrake on my Mac. I had the same question about editing. I ripped the entire movie and saved it on my Mac. Then I used QuickTime to watch the movie, taking careful note of the section that I wanted to copy from the film. I wrote down the time of the beginning of the section, plus the time that it ended. For example, the beginning of the clip that I wanted started at 1:10:14 and ended at 1:14:54. There are 60 seconds to a minute. Just figure out the beginning of the clip in seconds (4214 seconds) and the end of the clip (4494 seconds). Enter that information and you will have your section of the movie. Give it a different title than the source movie.






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            You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

            – StingyJack
            Sep 30 '18 at 5:18
















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          I recently downloaded and installed Handbrake on my Mac. I had the same question about editing. I ripped the entire movie and saved it on my Mac. Then I used QuickTime to watch the movie, taking careful note of the section that I wanted to copy from the film. I wrote down the time of the beginning of the section, plus the time that it ended. For example, the beginning of the clip that I wanted started at 1:10:14 and ended at 1:14:54. There are 60 seconds to a minute. Just figure out the beginning of the clip in seconds (4214 seconds) and the end of the clip (4494 seconds). Enter that information and you will have your section of the movie. Give it a different title than the source movie.






          share|improve this answer



















          • 1





            You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

            – StingyJack
            Sep 30 '18 at 5:18














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          I recently downloaded and installed Handbrake on my Mac. I had the same question about editing. I ripped the entire movie and saved it on my Mac. Then I used QuickTime to watch the movie, taking careful note of the section that I wanted to copy from the film. I wrote down the time of the beginning of the section, plus the time that it ended. For example, the beginning of the clip that I wanted started at 1:10:14 and ended at 1:14:54. There are 60 seconds to a minute. Just figure out the beginning of the clip in seconds (4214 seconds) and the end of the clip (4494 seconds). Enter that information and you will have your section of the movie. Give it a different title than the source movie.






          share|improve this answer













          I recently downloaded and installed Handbrake on my Mac. I had the same question about editing. I ripped the entire movie and saved it on my Mac. Then I used QuickTime to watch the movie, taking careful note of the section that I wanted to copy from the film. I wrote down the time of the beginning of the section, plus the time that it ended. For example, the beginning of the clip that I wanted started at 1:10:14 and ended at 1:14:54. There are 60 seconds to a minute. Just figure out the beginning of the clip in seconds (4214 seconds) and the end of the clip (4494 seconds). Enter that information and you will have your section of the movie. Give it a different title than the source movie.







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          answered Mar 21 '17 at 19:42









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            You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

            – StingyJack
            Sep 30 '18 at 5:18














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            You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

            – StingyJack
            Sep 30 '18 at 5:18








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          You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

          – StingyJack
          Sep 30 '18 at 5:18





          You can just enter the start and end time as HH:mm:ss now, no need to calc seconds.

          – StingyJack
          Sep 30 '18 at 5:18





          protected by Community Dec 30 '18 at 13:18



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