Dropvert

Cut a Section from Video

Remove a segment from the middle. The before- and after-parts join automatically.

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MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM

Remove a segment from the middle of a video and join the remaining parts. Useful for cutting out a long pause in a podcast recording, removing a mistake from a screencast, or pulling out a section you don't want to share.

How it works

3-step walkthrough

  1. 1

    Drop the video

    MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM. Dropvert decodes the file with HTML5 video so you can preview while picking the cut region.

  2. 2

    Pick what to remove

    Two range sliders — "Remove from" and "Remove to" — define the segment to cut out. The preview seeks to the active marker so you can see the exact frames at each cut boundary.

  3. 3

    Cut and join

    Dropvert extracts the before-segment (0 → cut start) and the after-segment (cut end → end), normalizes both to a uniform format, and concatenates them into a single output. Output is MP4 with H.264 / AAC.

Why use Dropvert

Local-first, free, no upload required

  • Two-marker UI for a clean middle cut — separate from Trim Video which removes from start/end only.
  • Each kept segment is re-encoded to a uniform format so the join is glitch-free.
  • Browser-side. Works on private footage without upload.
  • No watermark, no signup.

Frequently asked questions

5 answered

What's the difference between Trim and Cut?
Trim Video keeps a single contiguous range — useful when you want to extract just the middle of a video. Cut Video removes a single contiguous range and joins what's left — useful when you have a long video with a section you want gone but want to keep everything else.
Can I cut multiple segments?
Not in v1 — the current tool removes one segment at a time. To remove multiple sections, run the cut tool multiple times. Multi-segment cuts are tracked as a v2 enhancement.
Will the cut be seamless?
For most content, yes — re-encoding both segments to a uniform format means the join is technically clean. Visually, hard cuts can be jarring depending on what's on screen at the cut points; transitions (fade, dissolve) aren't available in v1.
Why does the cut take so long?
Each kept segment is re-encoded to a uniform format before joining. This avoids the codec-mismatch issues that plain stream-copy cuts often hit. Total time roughly equals the duration of the kept content.
Are my videos uploaded?
No. Cut and join run entirely in your browser via FFmpeg.wasm.

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