VLC player offers some advanced features that let you do more from it rather than just playing the videos. However, it is not a video editor and doesn’t have an inbuilt video cutter tool, but you can easily cut or trim the videos in it.

In this guide, I’ll show you how to cut or trim videos with a VLC media player.

Sometimes you may want to make a small video clip from the longer videos or movies to share the video clip on social media or save it permanently on your PC. So, VLC gives an easy way to do this job. Small video clips are easily shareable and take less storage.

Well, the VLC media player is popular because of its simple UI and features. It offers hundreds of advanced features that a normal user even doesn’t know. It gives complete control to watch the videos according to your requirements.

However, VLC is not a video editing software, but it allows you to perform some basic video editing tasks. For example, you can record, cut, and convert videos. Note that it doesn’t provide advanced tools for editing.

So, if you want to make video clips from longer videos or movies, you can use a VLC player and you don’t need to use or buy advanced editing software.

Note that it doesn’t have any inbuilt video cutter tool or option. But it offers an option to record the videos. With this feature, you can cut and make a small clip from longer videos.

Also, it gives an easy-to-use user interface. That’s why you don’t need advanced skills to trim the video using a VLC media player.

Also Read: How to Go Frame by Frame in VLC Media Player

How to Cut or Trim Videos in VLC Media Player for Windows

The steps are given below. Let’s get started.

Step 1. Open and play video in the VLC media player on your Windows device.

Step 2. Now you have three options to cut the videos – Using Advanced Controls, Using the Playback option from the menu bar, or using Keyboard Shortcut.

Using Advanced Controls

1. Click on the View option from the menu bar and select Advanced Controls from the list.
2. Now you’ll see the advanced controls in VLC player controls. Seek the video to the point using a slider from where you want to cut the video.
3. After that click on the Record button (Red button) icon and play the video from the start point.
4. Stop the Recording by clicking again on the Record button (Red Button) icon.

Using Playback Option

1. Move the video playback slider to the start point from where you want to cut the video. After that, click on the Playback option from the menu bar.
2. Select the Record option from the list and play the video if paused.
3. Stop the recording again from the Playback » Record option.

Using Keyboard Shortcut

1. Drag the video slider to the start end and press Shift + R from the keyboard to start the recording. Play the video immediately if paused.
2. To stop the recording, press Shift + R from the keyboard again. You’ll see the Recording stop notification on the screen.

Step 3. The videos will be automatically saved on your PC. Open the video clip from the Videos folder.

Also Read: How to Rotate a Video in VLC Media Player

How to Cut or Trim Videos in VLC Media Player for Mac

The steps are given below for Mac.

Step 1. Launch and play video in the VLC media player on your Mac device.

Step 2. Drag the slider to the start point from where you want to cut the video.

Step 3. Click on the Playback option from the menu bar and select the Record option. After that, click on the Record option again from the playback to stop the recording.

Alternatively, you can use Option + Command + R keyboard shortcut to start and stop the recording to cut/trim the videos.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What Video formats are supported by VLC Media Player to cut the videos?

It supports almost all popular and rare video formats. The commonly used video codecs are given below.

2. Can I Cut videos in the VLC Player app for Android?

No, you cannot cut or trim videos on VLC for Android. VLC for Android doesn’t offer the advanced features that its desktop version has.

3. Can I Convert the video after trimming?

Yes, you can convert the video after trimming. For this, click on the Media option from the sidebar and open Convert/Save. Insert the video file using the ADD button and click on the Convert / Save button. After that, select the format and destination folder. Click on the Start button to convert the video.

I hope this post helped you learn how to cut or trim videos using the VLC media player on Windows and Mac. However, the video cutting tool isn’t available in the VLC player, but the Record feature helps to do this task without any hassle. Sometimes, this task is a bit time-consuming because you need to play the video from start point to end point. If you want to make a 1-minute video clip, you need to play 1 minute of the video.

If you have questions or feedback, leave a comment in the comments section.

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When it comes to the features in the media players market, VLC is one of the best in the list. It allows playing video files according to user requirements. Also, you can use it on any platform like Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. I’ve also shared how to rotate a video in VLC.

Well, sometimes, you may need to play the video step by step i.e. frame by frame to analyze the video.

VLC has an option for frame stepping. This will allows you to see every frame of the video forwards.

Sadly, VLC provides only forward stepping. Backward stepping isn’t available.

So, here at VLCGuide, I’ve shared the complete guide on it.

What is Go Video through Frame by Frame?

You may know that frames are the individual images in a sequence and a frame is one of the many images.

Video Players play the video according to the frame rate. FPS or frames per second is a frequency at which the sequence of images displayed on the screen. If a video is recorded in 24fps, then when you play the video, the media player plays the 24 pictures sequentially.

To see each picture, you need to go video through frame by frame.

If you’re a VLC media player user, you can easily see every frame of the video. This will help you to examine the video.

Reasons to play video frame by frame:

• If you want to take the perfect screenshot from the video, this option will useful for you.
• You want to analyze or examine video carefully.

How to Go Frame by Frame in VLC?

In the VLC media player, there are two methods available for this. You can either be using Keyboard shortcut keys or advanced controls to add a stepping icon to the toolbar.

Method 1. Using Keyboard Shortcut Key

This is one of the easiest methods. VLC offers a keyboard shortcut for this.

AT first, open and play the video in VLC player. After that, seeking the video to the position or play-time where you want to see the frames, and pause the video by pressing the shift key.

Press the “E” key from the keyboard for frame stepping. When you press the E key from the keyboard, it will play a single frame forwards.

Press the E key again and again for the next frames. For fast-moving, you can press and hold the E key.

After finding the perfect frame, you can take the screenshot by pressing Shift + S from the keyboard. The screenshot will be saved to the Pictures folder.

If the E shortcut key isn’t working, you need to check the associated hotkey from the VLC preferences. Because VLC allows us to change or delete the hotkeys.

For this, click on the Tools from the top and open Preferences from the list. You can open Preferences directly by pressing Ctrl + P.

Click on the “Hotkey” tab and type frame in the search area field. You’ll see the “Next Frame” option and its hotkey.

If the hotkey isn’t assigned, double click on the “Next frame” option and press the E or any other key you want to assign. Otherwise, you can click on the “Reset Preferences” button from the bottom to reset all settings to its original state.

Method 2. Using Advanced Controls

VLC toolbar shows basic options like Play & Pause, Stop, toggle the video in full screen, and show extended settings, etc.

By default, the frame stepping option isn’t available on the toolbar. But, VLC allows us to customize the toolbar with its inbuilt “Toolbars Editor”.

With toolbar editor, you can add elements and controllers to the toolbar.

Well, you can directly add some advanced elements to the toolbar by enabling the “Advanced controls” option.

To add the frame stepping option to the toolbar, click on the “View” option, and then select “Advanced Controls” from the list. After that, you’ll see 4 new elements on the toolbar – Record, Take a snapshot, Loop from point A to point B continuously, and Frame by frame.

After adding the advanced controls, seek the video and click on the Frame by Frame icon using a mouse. Click again and again on the icon for the next frames.

Note: You can also add frame by frame icon to the toolbar from Customize Interface options. For this, click on the Tools and open Customize Interface. Find the “Frame by frame” option by scrolling down the Toolbar elements, and drag & drop the icon to Line 2.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to do a backward frame stepping in VLC?

Unfortunately, backward stepping isn’t available. You can only use forwards stepping.

2. How to see video FPS?

Play the video in VLC media player and go to Tools » Media Information (either press Ctrl + I) and open the Codec tab. See the FPS from the frame rate.

Now you know how to go frame by frame in VLC media player. However, a keyboard shortcut makes it easy. But, adding the option to the toolbar is useful for those who prefer mouse over the keyboard.

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So, to watch the video on PC, you may need to rotate that video again to correct the angle. However, most of the video players don’t give an option to solve this problem. But, if you are a VLC media player user, you don’t need to worry about it. Because it has inbuilt geometry transforms options. Rotating the video isn’t a difficult task for the VLC player.

VLC offers Rotate, Flip, and Transpose options to change the video angle according to your requirements. Moreover, it provides the option to rotate the video from 0 to 360-degree angle. This feature makes it unique in the media players market.

Before proceeding, you should know the difference between rotating, flipping, and transposing the video.

Difference between Rotate, Flip, and Transpose the Video

Rotate

Rotate option turns the video in a clockwise or counterclockwise. You can rotate the video by 90 degree, 180 degree, and 270 degree. Moreover, you can rotate by the angle from 0 to 360 degrees.

Flip

It flips or reverses the video horizontally and vertically. It shows the video in the mirror-reversal form. In VLC, you can mirror the video across the horizontal axis and vertical axis.

Transpose

Transpose is a combination of both rotate and flip. There are rare chances when you need to use the transpose option. VLC provides Transpose and Anti-Transpose options.

How to Rotate, Flip, & Transpose Video in VLC Media Player

Step 1. Open the Targeted video in VLC media player. Click on the Tools > Effects and filters from the top. You can also open Effects and Filters by pressing Ctrl+ E from the keyboard.

Step 2. Click on the “Video Effects” tab and open the “Geometry” tab.

Step 3. In the Geometry tab, you’ll see the Interactive Zoom, Transform, Rotate, Wall, and Puzzle game options. The Transform option allows you to rotate the video by a fixed angle, flip, and transposed the video. The rotate option allows selecting the custom rotation angle of the video.

Using Transform

Click on the checkbox of the Transform option to enable it. After that, you’ll see the drop-down list.

• Rotate by specific degree – From the transform drop-down list, select any option from rotate by 90 degree, rotate by 180 degree, or rotate by 270 degree option. In most cases, you need to use the 90 degree angle.
  
• Flip video – From the drop-down list, you can select the Flip horizontally or Flip vertically options to mirror the video in the horizontal or vertical axis.
• Transpose – You can select a Transpose or anti-transpose option from the list to rotate and flip the video simultaneously.

Using Rotate

In transform options, you’ll see only three angles. But, what if you want to rotate the video in another angle? Don’t worry, VLC have a solution for this.

Enable the Rotate option by click on the checkmark. After that, you’ll see the round button to select the specific angle from 0 to 360 degrees.

After selecting the option and make the changes, click on the save button and play your video.

Note that, the settings will be saved permanently. You need to disable the enabled options to play another video.

How to Save Rotated Video Permanently Using VLC

Well, it is a serious headache every time you played the video you need to rotate the video from geometry settings. After that, you need to disable the rotation to play other subsequent videos.

You can make the rotation permanent using VLC media player. Because VLC provides some basic video editing features. The steps are given below.

At first, you need to set the desired angle of the video using the above steps.

After that, Click on the Media from the top left and open the “Convert/Save…” option. You can open Convert/Save by pressing Ctrl + R from the keyboard.

From the File tab, click on the “Add” button to select the file from your PC storage. Select the file from the desired location and click on the Open button to add the video.

After that, click on the “Convert/Save” button from the bottom of the window.

Click on the wrench icon next to the Profile to edit the selected profile.

After that, click on the “Video codec” tab and open “Filters” by enabling Video option. Scroll down and enable “Video transformation filter” by click on the checkmark box (Only if you rotate the video using Transform option). If you’re using a rotate option for the custom angle, you need to select the “Rotate video filter” option from the list. Hit the Create button.

Now from the Convert window, you need to select the destination to save your video. Click on the browse button from the destination and select the folder and file name where you want to save the video.

Click on the start button to start the converting process.

After completing the process, open the folder and play the file.

Note: If you found any problem with the audio after converting the video, click on the audio codec tab to enable the keep original audio option while selecting the video transform filter.

Final Words

Now you know how to rotate a video in VLC media player. You can also use Flip or Transform options. Well, VLC also allows us to save the rotated video permanently. All, you need to convert the video.

Keep in mind that you’ll need to reset or disable all the changes made by you during the process. Because VLC stored your settings permanently. To reset all changes at once, Press Ctrl + P from the keyboard and click on the “Reset Preferences” button from the bottom.

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Download VLC Media Player For MAC

Well, you can download VLC For Mac (dmg file) from the official Videolan website. Below is the link.

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

Software Name	VLC Media Player
Operating System Requirements	Mac OS 10.7 or above
Size	33MB

From the above link, you can download the latest version of the VLC player. The latest version requires Mac OS x Version 10.7 or above. But, don’t worry, if you have Mac OS 10.6, 10.5, 10.4, or lower, you can download the old versions of the VLC player from its official website. You can see download the all old versions from the given link.

Features Of VLC For Mac

• It supports almost all media formats. So, you can play any media file with VLC player on your Macbook.
• VLC is a lightweight media player and it runs smoothly.
• It provides a lot of hotkeys (Keyboard shortcuts) that save time.
• VLC is a free and open-source player. You don’t need to pay.
• With its basic and user-friendly user-interface, you can easily use it.
• You can play DVDs, CDs, Blu-rays, and streaming protocols.

How To Install VLC Player On Mac

It is not a difficult task to install VLC player on a Mac device. Below are the steps.

1. At first, download the dmg file of VLC from the above link.
2. Open the downloaded dmg file by double click on it. It takes some time to verify it. After verifying, the file will be open.
3. After that, drag and drop the VLC icon to the Applications folder. 
4. Now you will see the VLC icon in the Applications folder. Click on the VLC icon and the pop-up message will be shown.
5. Click on the Open button and VLC player will be open. (After click on the open button, if any pop-up windows will be open, then click on the “No, thanks” button to proceed.

Final Words

So, guys, this is the guide on Downloading and installing VLC player on Mac. However, you can easily download the dmg file. But, some new users don’t know how to install it on a Mac. Write in the comments, if have any problem while installing the VLC media player on your Macbook.

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