[FFmpeg-user] Cutting video at i-frames to avoid recoding

[Jim Worrall]

On Aug 18, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Andy Civil wrote:

> So my basic question is: how can I cut a h.264 movie without recoding anything, specifying a start and stop time?

Instead of stop time, you specify the duration of the clip you want.
Maybe try this:
ffmpeg -ss [start time] -i [input] -t [duration] -c copy [output]

Jim