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Re:VidCutter: A program for lossless video cutting by CharlesW on Sunday August 20, 2023 @12:47PM (#37200801)
Fun fact: The history of lossless editing goes back to the dawn of digital video on personal computers. For example, QuickTime Movies¹ have always been based on an EDL² model. Only when you "export" (vs. "save") is the content re-encoded.

The most popular tool in this category that I know of is https://mifi.no/losslesscut/.

¹ The object, vs. the QuickTime Movie file format ² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list

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Re:VidCutter: A program for lossless video cutting by CyberDildonics on Sunday August 20, 2023 @09:36PM (#37204561)
Only when you "export" (vs. "save") is the content re-encoded.

That's the way video editing in general has always worked.

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