diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b1562356..bd78d24c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -# LosslessCut -Cross platform GUI tool for lossless trimming / cutting of videos using ffmpeg and electron. Great for rough processing of large video files taken from a video camera, drone, etc. Lets you quickly get rid of the useless parts. It doesn't do any decoding / encoding and is therefore very fast and has no quality loss. Also allows for taking JPEG snapshots of the video at the selected time. +# LosslessCut 🎥 [![Travis](https://img.shields.io/travis/mifi/lossless-cut.svg)]() +Simple, cross platform video editor for lossless trimming / cutting of videos. Great for rough processing of large video files taken from a video camera, GoPro, drone, etc. Lets you quickly extract the good parts from your videos. It doesn't do any decoding / encoding and is therefore extremely fast and has no quality loss. Also allows for taking JPEG snapshots of the video at the selected time. This app uses the awesome ffmpeg🙏 for doing the grunt work. ffmpeg is not included and must be installed separately. ![Demo](demo.gif) @@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ Cross platform GUI tool for lossless trimming / cutting of videos using ffmpeg a ## Documentation -Drag drop a video file into player to load or use ⌘/CTRL+O. Select the start and end time and press the scissors button. The original video files will not be modified. Instead it creates a lossless export in the same directory as the original file. Preserves exif data. +- Drag drop a video file into player to load or use ⌘/CTRL+O. +- Select the start and end time +- Press the scissors button to export a slice. +- Press the camera button to take a snapshot. + +The original video files will not be modified. Instead it creates a lossless export in the same directory as the original file with from/to timestamps. Note that the cut is currently not precise around the cutpoints, so video before/after the nearest keyframe will be lost. EXIF data is preserved. ### Keyboard shortcuts - SPACE Play/pause @@ -28,7 +33,7 @@ Drag drop a video file into player to load or use ⌘/CTRL ## Development building / running -Make sure you have at least node v4 with npm 3. +This app is made using Electron. [electron-compile](https://github.com/electron/electron-compile) is used for development. Make sure you have at least node v4 with npm 3. ``` git clone https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut.git cd lossless-cut