SmartCut64: a smart-rendering editor (my replacement for VideoReDo)

[ConsumerJon]

Hi everyone,

I’m Jon, the developer and publisher of SmartCut64.

As everyone here probably knows, the VideoReDo editing program stopped being updated after the sad passing of its developer, Dan Rosen. I still use it almost daily, but there were more and more files that I wanted to edit that it couldn't import or export... 10 bit, HDR, etc. So I developed my own app, specifically keeping to a similar GUI and working process, so it could be an immediate, easy transition. I tried other apps that promised "smart-re-encoding" and no disrespect, but I never found them as easy and faultless to use.

So... SmartCut64. A native 64-bit editor for Windows 10 and 11 to replace VideoReDo. It includes Ad-Detective and Remuxing, and unlike VideoReDo it can handle:

• H.264 High 4:2:2
• H.264 High 4:4:4
• HEVC Main 4:2:2 10-bit
• HEVC Main 4:4:4
• AV1 Main, 8-bit 4:2:0
• AV1 Main, 10-bit 4:2:0
• VP9 Profile 0, 8-bit 4:2:0
• VP9 Profile 2, 10-bit 4:2:0
• MPEG-4 Part 2 - DivX/Xvid-style video can remain MPEG-4 Part 2 - VideoReDo imported it but converted output to MPEG-2, H.264 or HEVC
• Opus, FLAC, Vorbis, TrueHD, DTS-HD, ALAC and PGS

More information is here: https://linekerpandi.com/smartcut64. The Personal licence is currently £4.99 as a one-time founding price for the first 250 purchasers, then it's £19.99. It covers two activated computers, includes 12 months of updates and email support, and is not a subscription.

If you want to try out the GUI then there is an evaluation version - it has no time limit, but video exports are permanently watermarked and therefore fully re-encoded. Clean remux, packet-copy and smart-render delivery require a paid activation.

If anyone tries it, I welcome feedback. And if something does not work as expected then let me know, including the details of the source codec, container, hardware and export route. I've tested it with every type of file I can think of, but really want this to be definitive.

To be clear: SmartCut64 is an independent GPL-3.0-or-later project and is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by VideoReDo or its owners.

cheers
Jon

[Selur]

out of curiosity:

SmartCut64 is an independent GPL-3.0-or-later project...

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If you want to try out the GUI then there is an evaluation version - it has no time limit, but video exports are permanently watermarked and therefore fully re-encoded. Clean remux, packet-copy and smart-render delivery require a paid activation.

I see that £5 is probably worth the not having to go through the trouble to compiling it and having some support, but the restrictions seem to ask folks to use the source and some LLM to remove those restrictions and compile the project on their own.

Cu Selur

[Alwyn]

I'll give it a go.

[Secoast]

I'll give it a go.

Let us know how you get on. £5 is small change, but out of principle I won't pay to evaluate any software app.

[Selur]

You don't have to pay to evaluate it, the test version, which is just limited (watermarked and not all features).

[ConsumerJon]

Thanks Selur, I was about to say the same - if you just want to check out the GUI and workflow to make sure it's suitable for you then it's free. The app is actually functional, this isn't a public alpha

[Secoast]

You don't have to pay to evaluate it, the test version, which is just limited (watermarked and not all features).

The evalution version doesn"t smart render. It renders the entire video... as I read it.
The quality of the cut/join points are what make or break such an application.
I tried Fame Rings Smart Cutter years ago, thought great, payed for the license and within days of really putting it through its paces found it to be as glitchy as hell at cut points. Even VideoRedo wasn't perfect.

I genuinely applaud anyone creating an app like this, but it would have made more sense to restrict/limit output duration on the evalution version. At least we could then determine the quality of the smart rendering.

Just my opinion.

[ConsumerJon]

Yeah I totally take your point. I guess my thinking was that it would taken as read that the actual editing/smart-rendering would work and it was just the GUI that would be amenable or not. Will have a good think about this!