😍 Implement "smart cut"

We cannot cut between keyframes, it's a technical limitation of modern video codecs. So ffmpeg will choose the nearest keyframe, which will not be the exact time you requested. Might be able to use [avcut](https://github.com/anyc/avcut) for h264 although it is experimental. See https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/372#issuecomment-761844667 See also discussion in #13 **Update**: Have made an initial implementation of this. This experimental feature will re-encode the part of the video from the cutpoint until the next keyframe in order to attempt to make a 100% accurate cut while losslessly copying the rest of the segment. ## VideoRedo VideoRedo is a now-defunct software that had feature overlap with LosslessCut. - https://www.videohelp.com/software/VideoReDo - https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/407142-VideoReDo-owner-passed-away-product-ceased-seeking-alternatives#post2668738 ## [Smart Media Cutter](https://smartmediacutter.com/) [Recently built](https://www.reddit.com/r/videoredo/comments/1f71j0s/im_trying_to_build_a_modern_version_of_videoredo/) in order to replace VideoRedo They open sourced their smart cutting algorithm, could take inspiration from it: https://github.com/skeskinen/smartcut ## Remaining issues ### Inaccurate seeking Seeking is not always accurate, causing glitches and/or jumps in the stitch points. This is often because I haven't found a way to consistently seek to and cut on an exact frame. Sometimes it could be caused by the "audio sa

Posted by mifi on Feb 10, 2019, 2:20 PM

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