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Lossless cut

Keep or delete parts of a video without re-encoding. Each part starts on a key frame, so the picture and sound are copied untouched. Processing stays on your device.

Files stay on your device

Drop a video to cut

Split it wherever you like and delete the parts you don't want. What's left is copied without re-encoding.

Any media file this browser’s engine can read.

How to cut a video losslessly

Mark the parts to keep or delete, and export them without re-encoding. Each part starts on the key frame at or before your mark, so every frame is copied from the original and the export takes seconds, even for long 4K recordings. The video never leaves your device.

  1. Step 1

    Choose a video
    Pick a file or drop it into the cutter above.
  2. Step 2

    Mark the parts
    Split where you like and delete the parts you don’t want.
  3. Step 3

    Download the cut
    Export in seconds, without re-encoding.

What to expect

Supported inputs
MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM, MPEG-TS, and other videos this browser’s engine can read.
What happens
The kept parts are copied into the source format, or MP4 when the source format can’t be written, using the main video and audio tracks. An MPEG-TS recording is saved as MP4, which video editors open. Choose Frame-exact to cut exactly where you marked; the kept parts are then re-encoded.
Limits
A part can only start on a key frame, often up to a few seconds before your mark. An end can fall anywhere, and may run a frame or two past it.

Private by design

Your video stays on your device

Mastershot processes your file locally in this browser. It does not need to be uploaded to a server, and you do not need an account to use the tool.

  • No upload
  • No signup
  • No watermark

Questions

Most frames of a video are stored as changes from the frames before them. Only a key frame stands on its own, so a copied part has to begin on one. The timeline shows where the key frames are.

LosslessCut is a free desktop app. This tool does the same kind of key frame cut in your browser, with nothing to install and nothing uploaded.

Yes. Split where it starts and where it ends, then click its label to delete it. The parts before and after it are joined without re-encoding.