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    Is there a way to cut videos frame-by-frame with visually lossless results?
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    How? With what tool?
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    By using the approriate software
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    Originally Posted by davexnet View Post
    By using the approriate software
    Which tool, specifically?
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    For typical consumer video (H.264, H.265) look at VideoRedo, TmpgEnc Smart Renderer, Lossless Cut, etc.
    Plenty of forum posts on this subject, look at some of the recent posts for other ideas
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    Is it truly impossible to precisely cut frame-by-frame losslessly on regular frames?
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    Originally Posted by Jay123210599 View Post
    Is it truly impossible to precisely cut frame-by-frame losslessly on regular frames?
    How many consecutive frames are you talking about?
    Anything less than the distance between one key frame and the next (usually 1 - 10 seconds)
    will have to be re-encoded.
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    Originally Posted by davexnet View Post
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    Is it truly impossible to precisely cut frame-by-frame losslessly on regular frames?
    How many consecutive frames are you talking about?
    Anything less than the distance between one key frame and the next (usually 1 - 10 seconds)
    will have to be re-encoded.
    All frames in a video.
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    Originally Posted by Jay123210599 View Post
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    Is it truly impossible to precisely cut frame-by-frame losslessly on regular frames?
    How many consecutive frames are you talking about?
    Anything less than the distance between one key frame and the next (usually 1 - 10 seconds)
    will have to be re-encoded.
    All frames in a video.
    I don't understand. If you're saving all the frames, you're not cuttng the video at all
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    Originally Posted by davexnet View Post
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    Is it truly impossible to precisely cut frame-by-frame losslessly on regular frames?
    How many consecutive frames are you talking about?
    Anything less than the distance between one key frame and the next (usually 1 - 10 seconds)
    will have to be re-encoded.
    All frames in a video.
    I don't understand. If you're saving all the frames, you're not cuttng the video at all
    I just want to cut precisely frame-by frame and get 100% accurate results without any quality loss.
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    I just want to cut precisely frame-by frame and get 100% accurate results without any quality loss.
    It's not possible "without any quality loss" but you won't notice a difference. The best (precise) is VideoReDo (R.I.P.) but like any other programs it re-encodes around cut frames.
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    Originally Posted by noemi7 View Post
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    I just want to cut precisely frame-by frame and get 100% accurate results without any quality loss.
    It's not possible "without any quality loss" but you won't notice a difference. The best (precise) is VideoReDo (R.I.P.) but like any other programs it re-encodes around cut frames.
    I got an idea. Video Cutters like Avidemux and LosslessCut only cut around keyframes, right? Is there a way to convert or make every single frame in a video keyframes?
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    Originally Posted by Jay123210599 View Post
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    Originally Posted by Jay123210599 View Post
    I just want to cut precisely frame-by frame and get 100% accurate results without any quality loss.
    It's not possible "without any quality loss" but you won't notice a difference. The best (precise) is VideoReDo (R.I.P.) but like any other programs it re-encodes around cut frames.
    I got an idea. Video Cutters like Avidemux and LosslessCut only cut around keyframes, right? Is there a way to convert or make every single frame in a video keyframes?
    Yes, it is possible to make every frame into a keyframe but it requires re-encoding every frame. If a lossless codec is used for the re-encode, the conversion can even be lossless but the resulting files will be gigantic. Plus, they probably can't be played using anything other than a computer. If you re-encode your edited video again to a lossy format to compress it for playability and a smaller file size, the resulting file will lose quality.

    For quicker results and far less quality loss than doing the above entails, you need a smart cutter such as the previously mentioned TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer 6, which only incodes a few frames on each side of the cut point.
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    Look, you are either starting with:

    1. Intra-frame codecs (e.g. uncompressed, losslessly compressed, visually losslessly compressed, DV, all I-frame MPEG types, a few others)

    2 Inter-frame codecs (e.g. all other MPEG types, other codecs which use delta frames)

    If 1st type, you can do simple edits on ANY frame, and as long as the app supports it, you should be able to do that without reencoding. Of course, for uncompressed & lossless, even if you have to reencode, you do not lose quality. Any others you will lose quality.

    If 2nd type, the ONLY way you can do lossless edits is doing simple edits on a GOP boundary (I-frame) with an app that supports smart rendering of that particular codec. Every other workflow will lose quality.

    This is why it is often recommended for best quality to convert to lossless, or virtually lossless intermediate formats, prior to editing.


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    Originally Posted by Cornucopia View Post
    Look, you are either starting with:

    1. Intra-frame codecs (e.g. uncompressed, losslessly compressed, visually losslessly compressed, DV, all I-frame MPEG types, a few others)

    2 Inter-frame codecs (e.g. all other MPEG types, other codecs which use delta frames)

    If 1st type, you can do simple edits on ANY frame, and as long as the app supports it, you should be able to do that without reencoding. Of course, for uncompressed & lossless, even if you have to reencode, you do not lose quality. Any others you will lose quality.

    If 2nd type, the ONLY way you can do lossless edits is doing simple edits on a GOP boundary (I-frame) with an app that supports smart rendering of that particular codec. Every other workflow will lose quality.

    This is why it is often recommended for best quality to convert to lossless, or virtually lossless intermediate formats, prior to editing.


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    So, I am working with regular H.264 and H.265 videos with I, B, and P frames. Does that mean I convert the videos into a lossless (or virtually lossless) codecs and then cut frame-by frame instead of converting every single frame into keyframes?
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    I just want to cut precisely frame-by frame and get 100% accurate results without any quality loss.
    It's not possible "without any quality loss" but you won't notice a difference. The best (precise) is VideoReDo (R.I.P.) but like any other programs it re-encodes around cut frames.
    I got an idea. Video Cutters like Avidemux and LosslessCut only cut around keyframes, right? Is there a way to convert or make every single frame in a video keyframes?
    Yes, it is possible to make every frame into a keyframe but it requires re-encoding every frame. If a lossless codec is used for the re-encode, the conversion can even be lossless but the resulting files will be gigantic. Plus, they probably can't be played using anything other than a computer. If you re-encode your edited video again to a lossy format to compress it for playability and a smaller file size, the resulting file will lose quality.

    For quicker results and far less quality loss than doing the above entails, you need a smart cutter such as the previously mentioned TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer 6, which only incodes a few frames on each side of the cut point.
    So what should I use, VideoRedo, or TmpgEnc Smart Renderer?
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    I would convert to lossless in Avidemux (probably Huffy) and use that as your source. Then it's frame accurate
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    Originally Posted by davexnet View Post
    I would convert to lossless in Avidemux (probably Huffy) and use that as your source. Then it's frame accurate
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    Originally Posted by davexnet View Post
    Either of those
    Well I did it, but the file size was MASSIVE. Is there another way to make all frames keyframes?
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    Originally Posted by Jay123210599 View Post
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    Well I did it, but the file size was MASSIVE. Is there another way to make all frames keyframes?
    Yes instead of Huffy choose mjpg. It's not lossless, so there is a slight quality loss.
    Give it a try see if you can live with it
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    Originally Posted by Jay123210599 View Post
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    I just want to cut precisely frame-by frame and get 100% accurate results without any quality loss.
    It's not possible "without any quality loss" but you won't notice a difference. The best (precise) is VideoReDo (R.I.P.) but like any other programs it re-encodes around cut frames.
    I got an idea. Video Cutters like Avidemux and LosslessCut only cut around keyframes, right? Is there a way to convert or make every single frame in a video keyframes?
    Yes, it is possible to make every frame into a keyframe but it requires re-encoding every frame. If a lossless codec is used for the re-encode, the conversion can even be lossless but the resulting files will be gigantic. Plus, they probably can't be played using anything other than a computer. If you re-encode your edited video again to a lossy format to compress it for playability and a smaller file size, the resulting file will lose quality.

    For quicker results and far less quality loss than doing the above entails, you need a smart cutter such as the previously mentioned TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer 6, which only incodes a few frames on each side of the cut point.
    So what should I use, VideoRedo, or TmpgEnc Smart Renderer?
    VideoReDo (for MPEG-2) and VideoReDo TV Suite (for MPEG-2, H.264/AVC and H.265/HEVC) aren't viable options unless you already own the software. They cannot be purchased now because the small software company that developed them went out of business shortly after the owner died this year.

    TMPGEnc MPEG Smart Renderer 6 is still available for sale from Pegasys Inc. and you can try it for free before buying,
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    Originally Posted by davexnet View Post
    Yes instead of Huffy choose mjpg.
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  25. A bit late to the party but I hope this is a useful information.

    Take a look at "Smart Cutter" on www.fame-ring.com. It has an ugly UI and crashes sometimes, so I often do a project save while cutting but it does the job...
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