Smart Media Cutter

[skeskinen]

[QUOTE=noemi7;2791365]Thanks a lot for quick response!

Thank you for your feedback!
I'll upload a file. TS is not "non modern" container, and is still widely used by i.e. PVRs, no mention that quite similar M2TS is used by Blu Ray which some people like to edit as well.

4. You can't define action for forward and back buttons, for example "move to the next I frame".
This one I can also add pretty easily. Any suggestions for what the "actions" should be? Or is mostly just the I-frame seeking?

I-frame is enough for me: Setting > General > Playback & under small step as an option. More programming would be required to make it as in VRD:

Another request: may you please add an option to define a disc or folder where to look up for a video under File > Open? When the application is closed and project is not saved, when re-opened it always looks for video in Windows pre-defined "video" folder.

Thanks!

Thank you for the test file. It is actually very helpful. It did load, but it was just very slow. There was a really dumb bug performance issue in the .ts file loading. It will be fixed in the next release and opening this file went from +30s to <2s on my machine.
There's also another more serious issue with this file you uploaded, which is that this is kind of open-GOP encoded h264 file (no IDR slices for almost 3 minutes) and I haven't actually seen that before. I have implemented open-GOP smartcutting for h265, so hopefully the h264 implementation can work pretty much the same way. So hopefully that fix can also make it to the next release.

I'll add the default folder setting. Should be pretty straight forward.

I'll think about what I can for the seeking settings. At least I will add the I-frame seek option to the settings, so you can bind any of the 3 seek buttons to that. I might also add the option to have different seek amounts with ctrl/shift modifiers.

[Stez]

I haven't looked at the software yet but I'm certainly interested. One thing that's pretty important to me is how it handles .TS files created by terrestrial receivers from free-to-air broadcasts. These are often malformed in various ways and something that VRD does a fantastic job with (via its Quick Stream Fix function) is repairing malformed files that other tools won't touch. How does Smart Media Cutter go with less than perfect input files?

[skeskinen]

I haven't looked at the software yet but I'm certainly interested. One thing that's pretty important to me is how it handles .TS files created by terrestrial receivers from free-to-air broadcasts. These are often malformed in various ways and something that VRD does a fantastic job with (via its Quick Stream Fix function) is repairing malformed files that other tools won't touch. How does Smart Media Cutter go with less than perfect input files?

Hi! I've been working with noemi7 to fix a bunch of .TS file compatibility issues. The support is already much better in the new 2.0.3 version. And I'll keep working on it to make it even better.

I'm not sure what Quick Stream Fix does exactly, so I cannot say if SMC has it's equivalent... But if you have any specific files that fail SMC cutting, you can send them to me with https://smartmediacutter.com/upload-test-files/

Besides the improved TS file support, 2.0.3 has:

- Fixed .srt export to skip cuts and adjust the timing of the subtitles based on cuts
- Added option for default opened folder for media files
- Added option to hide the playback controls
- Added more seek controls, like seek to keyframes option
- Added frame type display, with picture types and NALs type, GOP information
- Added setting to control audio track height
- Various transcript view performance improvements
- Added feature to collapse audio tracks you don't care about to save UI space

I already started work on the next version, which is going to have one click commercial skip option (on top of the existing black frame detection) and more content creator focused "AI auto remove bad takes" function.

I'm also working on a demo video that shows the new tools for frame accurate cutting, like the keyframe and GOP boundary visualization tools and the keyframe seek tools.

[Stez]

Hey, thanks for getting back to me. I do actually have an example of a dodgy .TS file that nothing will read properly (including SMC and even the receiver that created the file) until I run VRD's Quick Stream Fix on it. The only issue is that it's a 3.5 Gb file and your upload facility says max 600 Mb.

[skeskinen]

Hey, thanks for getting back to me. I do actually have an example of a dodgy .TS file that nothing will read properly (including SMC and even the receiver that created the file) until I run VRD's Quick Stream Fix on it. The only issue is that it's a 3.5 Gb file and your upload facility says max 600 Mb.

I increased the max file limit to 4GB. Can you try now?

My suspicion is that the Quick Stream Fix is actually doing something very simple, and if I get something to test with, I can implement it for the next release

[Stez]

I'm uploading that file now. It's actually a 95 min recording from a DVB-T tuner but all the tools I've tried (SMC, VLC etc) report it as being 15 mins and then fall over when trying to seek within the stream. I've also got the corrected file produced using VRD's Quick Stream Fix that SMC is much happier with if you would like me to upload that too.

[skeskinen]

I'm uploading that file now. It's actually a 95 min recording from a DVB-T tuner but all the tools I've tried (SMC, VLC etc) report it as being 15 mins and then fall over when trying to seek within the stream. I've also got the corrected file produced using VRD's Quick Stream Fix that SMC is much happier with if you would like me to upload that too.

I notice that the uploaded file is only 700MB but you said that it's supposed to be over 3GB.

I updated the test file upload page to handle large files in little chunks. Now it should be much more robust when uploading large files.

If you don't mind reuploading the corrupted file, that would be nice. Because right now I don't know if the 700MB file is actually fixable or not.

And sure, if you can, also upload the file fixed by Quick Stream Fix and I'll take a look at what it did to it.

Thank you so much!

EDIT: Sorry, if you see this, can you try one more time. The deployment to production server didn't run properly so it was still using the old code... Now it's for real updated...

[Stez]

I tried to upload both files just now and both fell over with network errors after 15 to 20 mins of uploading. I've emailed you a screenshot of the upload page showing the status as it appears to me.

Also, there looks to be something odd about your website that requires me to disconnect my VPN in order for the site to accept the connection. Adding smartmediacutter.com to my VPN bypass list doesn't solve that issue. Are there any background URLs that your website build uses that also need to be routed around VPNs?

[skeskinen]

Sorry about the upload not working. Thank you for sticking with me! I'll try to analyze the files you sent and compare it against the VRD fixed file.

Maybe there is something there that I can see. If not, I'll wait for another broken TS sample to pop up and then implement this feature a bit later.

Also, there looks to be something odd about your website that requires me to disconnect my VPN in order for the site to accept the connection. Adding smartmediacutter.com to my VPN bypass list doesn't solve that issue. Are there any background URLs that your website build uses that also need to be routed around VPNs?

There shouldn't be any background URLs. It should be pretty simple VPS website and I haven't done anything to prevent VPN usage or anything like that.

Maybe it's dns lookups that are failing when the VPN is active? You could try running

nslookup smartmediacutter.com

with VPN on/off to see if there's a difference.

The only other thing that comes to mind is that it's my webhost doing the blocking. I'll look if there are any settings that I could change.

[Stez]

Thanks for the DNS suggestion - turns out the VPN provider was doing DNS filtering as a "security option". Turning that off has solved the problem.

I've now uploaded both files to SwissTransfer for you to access from there. I've sent you an email with the details.

[mocarob]

I like your application. Quick cutting of HEVC is what I needed. Is there a way to navigate to the start & end points of the cuts defined by the ad detection? It's always good to double check them before exporting.. VRD would mark the start & stop point with a scene marker & you could navigate to each marker. I tried under settings in the 'seek behavior' section but that didn't do it. Is the trick to use the segments list and use the playback bar?? Thanks

[skeskinen]

I like your application. Quick cutting of HEVC is what I needed. Is there a way to navigate to the start & end points of the cuts defined by the ad detection? It's always good to double check them before exporting.. VRD would mark the start & stop point with a scene marker & you could navigate to each marker. I tried under settings in the 'seek behavior' section but that didn't do it. Is the trick to use the segments list and use the playback bar?? Thanks

Hi, thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I'd say the segments list is the fastest way to review cuts made by ad detection.

Pressing the cut segments, takes you to the beginning of the cut, and pressing the following kept segment, takes you to the end of the cut. I could also add buttons for navigating to the ends of segment, if that feels more natural than pressing the following segment.


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There's also the mode to skip cuts during preview playback, which can help to see the final result as it would be after export.
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[skeskinen]

And I also wanted to do a more general update on the SMC progress. There has been 11 new versions since my last post here and really quite dramatic improvements on many fronts.

The main focus has been on format compatibility, and general UX. Thanks to noemi7, Stez and others for submitting test files. They really help a lot with figuring out all sorts of edge cases.

Smartcut engine
- Major fixes to MPEG-TS smartcutting, and way way better support for H.264 open GOP videos and various interlacing modes (PAFF, MBAFF, TFF, BFF, etc.)
- Also various fixes to H.265 cutting, altho it was already mostly working
- Fixed AV1 A/V sync issues
- Fixed exports changing fps or turning CFR into VFR. FPS should now always stay exactly the same through smartcutting
- Fixed .mkv exports not passing mkvalidator
- Smartcutting algorithm is now better at choosing the "safe cutpoints" and recodes between 30% and 50% less frames on average - faster exports with less quality loss
- Chapter markers are now preserved through smartcut and also visible in the GUI for fasts seeking, etc.
- Various audio file improvements: better AC3, MP2 codec support and more container formats (mpg, vob, mxf, etc.). Smartcutting now also preserves audio file metadata like artist, album, cover art, etc.

Other notable additions
- Added automatic commercial detection
- Added transport stream repair tool, sort of like the VRD "quick stream fix". (slightly experimental, I didn't get many files to test this on yet)
- Bitstream visualization tools for video analysis
- Videos open much faster
- Preview player performance improved a lot. Both the video playback and audio playback during preview is now much better than it was.

I also made this quick demo video showcasing some of the tools for navigation, setting frame accurate cutpoints, minimizing recoding and some of the more advanced "bitstream analysis" features. https://youtu.be/YET99JH94pQ

[Bridgy]

I wish you could mimick the cutting tool on the timeline the same way it works in VRD, your cutting tool is just too clunky and frustrating to use.

Does your tool do frame accurate smart cutting, or is it like LosslessCut where it really only seems to be reliable when cutting on keyframes.

LosslessCut does not work well with VRD either, so i don't bother using it any more.

[noemi7]

I wish you could mimick the cutting tool on the timeline the same way it works in VRD, your cutting tool is just too clunky and frustrating to use.

Would be a good idea to check before posting a grumpy post. In fact SMC has highly configurable interface. Just click on the eye icon in the upper right and choose from 8 (!) options. Moreover the options change in accordance what type of action you select as the main (cut, transcribe, bitstream, etc.)

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Does your tool do frame accurate smart cutting, or is it like LosslessCut where it really only seems to be reliable when cutting on keyframes.

You may cut on any type of frame you want, and you get info if the cut is going to re-encoded or not.

SMC already beats VRD as it latest version 6 has errors. SMC is going to be the best tool for multimedia (not only video) lossless cutting. Skeskinen didn't mention that SMC is the only program which is able to cut Dolby file - unlike other tools which require that the audio is imported within the video. There are other niche audio formats which it handles perfectly.

[mocarob]

I loaded an HEVC football game into SMC & tried detecting ads but none were found. Are there any setting changes I can make to get it to work?

[Bridgy]

Would be a good idea to check before posting a grumpy post. In fact SMC has highly configurable interface. Just click on the eye icon in the upper right and choose from 8 (!) options. Moreover the options change in accordance what type of action you select as the main (cut, transcribe, bitstream, etc.)

It was not a grumpy post, SMC does not mimic VRD cutting tool, i just find it wierd to be honest, and setting the cut points is horrid.

SMC will never out do VRD so get over yourself, it is not as perfect as you might like to think it is.

[burt123]

I have to agree with Bridgy, NOTHING comes close to VRD, NOTHING !!!

The only issue I have with VRD Pro is it doesn't play well with 10 bit x265, that's it!!!

[Bridgy]

I have to agree with Bridgy, NOTHING comes close to VRD, NOTHING !!!

The only issue I have with VRD Pro is it doesn't play well with 10 bit x265, that's it!!!

Thanks for your support with regards to VRD, the SMC Fanboi above can spruke whatever he likes about SMC and brag about how good it might be, the fact remains that SMC is just a cutting tool just like LosslessCut is, neither has any support for other features that VRD offers, including the ability to export to other formats within the one tool, and that is why SMC will never be a replacement for VRD, and the Fanbois need to stop pretending that it will be.

Having said that, and like i have said before, it seems like a pretty decent tool for cutting, many seem to like it, and the cutting tool might look somewhat like the cutter in VRD but it does not function the same way, and i just don't like it, it even took me a long time to get to grips with the stupid cutting tool in LosslessCut, and i still made mistakes along the way using that one.

The main issue with VRD (pro or tv suite) was that Dan Rosen did not complete full support for HEVC and 10bit color before he passed, and that had an impact on me because i moved on to recording my videos in 4k/60p HEVC (previously AVC) around that time, so i became his primary beta tester for his implementation of HEVC support, as well as for 10bit.

He got HEVC support completed for all resolutions up to 1080p, and got quite a way into 4k as well, but it was never completed, hence why i had issues with my Pro version on my 6 core Metabox laptop just being laggy playing back my 4k/60p HEVC files in the preview screen, and suffering lag when seeking to cut points in the timeline.

That is why i turned to LosslessCut to do my cuts, then import to VRD for adding titles, and exporting to other formats, however, Dan had not completed support for adding titles to 4k HEVC (4k AVC was fine) so i had to develop my own way of creating custom titles to import into VRD so i could add it to my edited files for export.

Now that i have my Dell Pro Max SFF PC with the Intel Ultra 7 265 CPU i can now import my 4k/60p HEVC files into VRD, and with a bit of patience, i am now able to do my cuts without the need to use LosslessCut, but LosslessCut is a very powerful cutting tool, it has full support for up to 8k HEVC video and it will play and cut these files absolutely perfect, something SMC doesn't seem to be able to do properly, even doing it on my Dell PC.

If LosslessCut had perfect frame accurate cutting (on any frame) then i would move back to it in a heart beat just for cutting my 4k/60p HEVC files simply because it is so fast at doing that job, and i would need to use LosslessCut if i ever moved on to recording video in 6k or 8k format (although not very likely)

[burt123]

@ Bridgy,

One thing that none of these app's do is editing with subtitles (afaik). I might be proven wrong....

If I have a video that I need to edit/cut, that has subtitles, I have to use my go to encoding app, RipBot264.

It has a function that frame accurately cuts video/audio/subtitles, and I use it a LOT!!!

If I have videos with no sub's, I will use VRD, and then create subtitles with Whisper (Faster Whisper XXL Pro actually). it's pretty good, it's the best transcribing app I've tried, and I've tried nearly all of them.

But it ALL takes time, especially when doing TV series. eg:- The Simpsons, Married with Children, etc, etc.

[Bridgy]

Yeah, i don't do any TV broadcast stuff so i don't need to deal with all that stuff thank god, but even so, dealing with camera recorded files like i do, i want just 1 tool that i can do frame accurate cuts, Smart Render, add titles, and export to other formats, and if VRD was still being developed, it would have progressed so far over the past 3.5 years since Dan Rosen passed away, and would probably have made any other tool look like kids play, sadly that won't happen, yet still during that 3.5 years, nothing else has come along that mimics it, all we get are these new cutting tools.

Apologies to the Thread creator, i will refrain from any further off topic rants.

Good luck with SMC and your future development, i hope that one day i might return to your cutter to see how it has progressed.

[mocarob]

Bridgy, what version of VRD are you using? 6 pro?

[Bridgy]

Bridgy, what version of VRD are you using? 6 pro?

Yes, the latest version 6 which was a Beta version, at the time of Dan passing, we was working on the Add Titles feature, but he never got it finished.

VRDPro-6-93-7-836a

Any further VRD discussion should be done over in my own Thread.

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/417438-VideoReDo-TVSuite-Professional-General-Disc...-Thread/page14

[skeskinen]

I loaded an HEVC football game into SMC & tried detecting ads but none were found. Are there any setting changes I can make to get it to work?

Hi! I'm honestly not an expert on the best settings and without seeing the actual source, it's hard to say for sure. This is the tuning guide for Comskip https://www.kaashoek.com/files/tuning.htm. The ad detection in SMC is very similar to Comskip so most of these tips should be applicable.

[skeskinen]

For 4k HEVC playback, it's important to turn on preview player hardware decoding from settings > performance. I would also recommend trying in the new v2.2.7, cos I've made some improvements as well.

Hardware decoding is off by default, because it's not always the most reliable on hardware/os/etc. combinations. And most users are not going to edit 4k HEVC.
Later on if I have more time/resources, hw decoding might become on by default.

I'm just going to keep making SMC better and you may think of it what you will. I might even slightly snarkily add, that couple ppl have given me sample h264 files that don't cut correctly (frame accurately) in VRD and all of them now work in SMC. So it's not like VRD is this perfect crystallization of idealism. But ofc VRD was in develoment for 20 years, so it has some headstart.

[Bridgy]

For 4k HEVC playback, it's important to turn on preview player hardware decoding from settings > performance. I would also recommend trying in the new v2.2.7, cos I've made some improvements as well.

Hardware decoding is off by default, because it's not always the most reliable on hardware/os/etc. combinations. And most users are not going to edit 4k HEVC.
Later on if I have more time/resources, hw decoding might become on by default.

I am now using 2.2.7 and my 2 Source files are 4k/60p AVC and 4k/60p HEVC (each one is 30 seconds) and i still get some issues with playing both files in the preview screen that i got in the 2.2.5 version yesterday, as seen in the videos that i posted in a post up the page, and i tried hardware decoding on all settings, no difference.

Putting that aside, seeking seemed to be ok when locating my cut points with bot Files, so i imported each Source File and i cut 10 seconds from the middle of both and exported them, i then cut 5 seconds from both ends on both files and exported them.

The 4k/60p AVC file was fine on playback, no apparent glitches at the start or end of the cut points.

The 4k/60p HEVC file with 5 seconds cut on both ends seems fine, BUT the file with the 10 seconds cut in the middle has a glitch a few frames past the join in the 2 segments, i repeated this by cutting at different points in the video and the result was the same.

I can give you the 2 Source Files if you like as well as my Cut files to look at if you want them, just so that i can find out if this issue is just me, or is there an issue within the software itself that needs fixing.

Also, i dont understand your comment highlighted in red above, regarding most users are not going to edit 4k HEVC files, why would you bother to develop a brilliant cutting tool like this but not focus on, or include 4k and/or HEVC format, given both have been around for quite some time now, even the late Dan Rosen began his development of 4k HEVC in VRD back in 2021, sadly he passed away before completing full HEVC development in 4k files, if he was still with us, lord knows what progressions he would have already made, he may have had full development completed for 8k HEVC and 10bit by now, given that LosslessCut already does 8k HEVC.

Finally, i tried to do multiple Cuts in my files but it seems like the free version is limited to doing single cuts.

I will be very happy to buy a license for SMC if and when i feel happy that it can handle my 4k/60p HEVC video files properly, but i need to sort out this glitch in my test files first.

Cheers

I might even slightly snarkily add, that couple ppl have given me sample h264 files that don't cut correctly (frame accurately) in VRD and all of them now work in SMC. So it's not like VRD is this perfect crystallization of idealism. But ofc VRD was in develoment for 20 years, so it has some headstart.

Maybe you can send me those very same files and let me test them in my VRD Pro, and see if i get the same apparent issues at the cut points, because i have been using a zillion different file types in my VRD and the frame accuracy has been perfect.

I have a feeling that maybe those files given to you may actually be TV broadcast files, or files recorded from a TV, if that is the case then i won't bother as i don't do editing of files recorded on TV, i anly deal with video recorded on a camera.

[skeskinen]

[QUOTE=Bridgy;2794055]

I can give you the 2 Source Files if you like as well as my Cut files to look at if you want them, just so that i can find out if this issue is just me, or is there an issue within the software itself that needs fixing.

Yes please. Test files under 4GB can be uploaded to https://smartmediacutter.com/upload-test-files/ or shared with me e.g. through Google drive or https://limewire.com/

The part in red is just about what kind of support people have requested before. Like I said, I haven't had the time to figure out the best settings for the decoding that I can be confident will work on all machines. And this wasn't a huge issue before, since nobody giving feedback was having these issues.

I'm quite flexible, whatever people have trouble with, I try to fix.

And yes, the failing files are TV recordings. Stuff like mixed interlacing modes, MBAFF -> TFF -> MBAFF, etc.

[Bridgy]

Yes please. Test files under 4GB can be uploaded to https://smartmediacutter.com/upload-test-files/ or shared with me e.g. through Google drive or https://limewire.com/

I uploaded 4 files, 3 video files and an image of VRD showing the glitch at the cut point

1 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps (30 seconds duration)
2 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps - Cut Both Ends
3 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps - Cut Middle Out
4 GLITCH

Video 2 was the Source file with 5 seconds cut off both ends which plays perfectly.

Video 3 is the issue, i cut a 10 second segment from the middle and joined the 2 end segments, at the 10 second mark where the 2 end segments joined, the first 12 or 13 frames of segment 2 appears to have an issue.

File 4 just shows a screenshot from VRD to show the issue.

I sometimes get a very similar glitch with these 4k/60p HEVC files when i use LosslessCut to cut my files and join them as a single file, but it only happens if i cut on any random frame that is not a Key frame, if i cut on key frames the file plays ok.

I am now able to do my cutting with my VRD Pro now that i have my new Dell Pro Max PC as it has the latest Intel Ultra 9 CPU, but VRD is still a little bit slow with seeking to my cut points, but it is manageable, on my previous Metabox laptop is was very laggy to the point where i could not cut my 4k/60p HEVC files at all, i had to use LosslessCut and just cut on Key frames, which for my purposes was ok.

I will be keen to see your results as my issue may well be my own fault, i didn't alter many settings as i didn't really think i needed to, but not being used to the software who knows.

I was trying to work out what you offer in the paid for version that is not in the free version, i know it is limited to doing just 1 cut, it won't do multiple cuts in a single file.

And yes, the failing files are TV recordings. Stuff like mixed interlacing modes, MBAFF -> TFF -> MBAFF, etc.

Yeah i assumed they might be TV recording, and we must realize that VRD was always an ongoing project by the owner, and has not been updated in 3.5 years and never will be unfortunately, so even VRD may have issues, but i don't care about TV files because i don't do that sort of stuff, but sometimes it really seems like i am the only member in this forum who is editing video files recorded on a camera, and so it seems that everyone is busy trying to create software that focuses on TV recording.

[skeskinen]

Yes please. Test files under 4GB can be uploaded to https://smartmediacutter.com/upload-test-files/ or shared with me e.g. through Google drive or https://limewire.com/

I uploaded 4 files, 3 video files and an image of VRD showing the glitch at the cut point

1 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps (30 seconds duration)
2 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps - Cut Both Ends
3 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps - Cut Middle Out
4 GLITCH

Video 2 was the Source file with 5 seconds cut off both ends which plays perfectly.

Video 3 is the issue, i cut a 10 second segment from the middle and joined the 2 end segments, at the 10 second mark where the 2 end segments joined, the first 12 or 13 frames of segment 2 appears to have an issue.

File 4 just shows a screenshot from VRD to show the issue.

I sometimes get a very similar glitch with these 4k/60p HEVC files when i use LosslessCut to cut my files and join them as a single file, but it only happens if i cut on any random frame that is not a Key frame, if i cut on key frames the file plays ok.

I am now able to do my cutting with my VRD Pro now that i have my new Dell Pro Max PC as it has the latest Intel Ultra 9 CPU, but VRD is still a little bit slow with seeking to my cut points, but it is manageable, on my previous Metabox laptop is was very laggy to the point where i could not cut my 4k/60p HEVC files at all, i had to use LosslessCut and just cut on Key frames, which for my purposes was ok.

I will be keen to see your results as my issue may well be my own fault, i didn't alter many settings as i didn't really think i needed to, but not being used to the software who knows.

Thank you for the files!

I think I know what this is about. On my machine, all 3 videos you uploaded play correctly (without glitch) in mpv, losslesscut and smc, but I see the glitch in video 3 with vlc.

I'll try to have it fixed in the next release, hopefully early next week.

It's definitely not your fault, or wrong settings, or anything. I think the cause is that the HEVC tiling parameters change at the cutpoints, and some players handle that change ok, but others do not.

I was trying to work out what you offer in the paid for version that is not in the free version, i know it is limited to doing just 1 cut, it won't do multiple cuts in a single file.

Everything related to cutting and basic functions like that is free. There's no limitations on amount of cuts or export formats or anything like that.

So if you don't need anything besides that, there isn't really much incentive to upgrade. That's ok, I'm happy to have users even on the free tier. And I'm happy to have the free tier be actually useful software.

But I am adding more paid features over time. Currently they are:

1) The bitstream analysis tab, which is kind of similar to StreamEye4. It's work in progress, but I briefly showed it in the demo video https://youtu.be/YET99JH94pQ
2) Transcript related features, that most people here are probably not too interested in.
3) Ad detection
4) Most of the settings in the "advanced" tab, which help with setting cut points / reducing recoding. These are also showcased in the same video
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EDIT: 5) Joining. Paid SMC supports loading multiple videos, previewing and cutting them at the same time and then exporting with smartcut/losslessly. You can also join non-compatible files in which case you select the main file and the others are converted automatically.

But I'm adding more over time. And I'm not too worried about financials yet. I suspect most of the paid users will be streamers / youtubers and their editors, and their reason to upgrade will be the transcript related features. But first I need to make the software really good.

[Bridgy]

Thank you for the files!

I think I know what this is about. On my machine, all 3 videos you uploaded play correctly (without glitch) in mpv, losslesscut and smc, but I see the glitch in video 3 with vlc.

Firstly, i am curious why SMC on your PC plays the 4k/60p HEVC file, but when i try to play it in SMC on my fairly powerful Dell PC the image is very laggy, but the Audio is fine.

I use MPC as my media player, and the glitch is definitely there during playback at the join of the 2 segments, and i get the same glitch using VLC which i had not tested before.

As i previously mentioned in a post up the page with my Youtube videos, SMC (and VRD) will not play my 4k HEVC files properly in the preview screen, VRD is slow to seek to my cut points but i can do it, but SMC is very smooth locating my cut points, the video just doesn't seem to play smoothly in the preview screen, but LosslessCut plays these files perfectly.

OK so i just opened SMC and made 2 cuts in that same 4k HEVC file and joined the segments, and i loaded the joined file into VRD and when i seek to the first cut point it is almost identical to the glitch of the single cut file that i uploaded to you, BUT seeking to the 2nd join in VRD it shows an even bigger mess before and after the 2nd cut point.

I played the file back in LosslessCut because that is the only tool that i found will play my 4k/60p HEVC file perfectly, that gave me a very slight glitch at the 2nd cut point, nothing at the first cut, but playing it multiple times i get slightly different results, but if i seek to the 2 cut points in LosslessCut it shows no apparent glitches at the 2 cut points, where VRD does, so i am left scratching my head.

As i mentioned before, i cannot use LosslessCut to cut my 4k/60p HEVC files even on keyframes and guarantee that VRD will play with them properly when adding titles or exporting to other formats, and i would not be confident using SMC to cut these files just yet either because of this glitch that VRD is showing in the timeline, and seeing the glitches when i play them back in MPC and VLC.

Keep us posted on progress if you can, because i definitely would be keen to use SMC in the future if it can play properly with my 4k HEVC files.

BTW i uploaded the same 4k/60p HEVC file with 2 cuts made (3:50 point and around 15:11 point)

File name is 5 SOURCE 4k-60p HEVC @ 61.0Mbps - 2 Cuts (3.50 & 15.11)