Trim video clips

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A 90-minute recording. You need the 30-second highlight. “Shuttle” (a screen recording app like Loom) lets users share just the good part.

API

ittybit video \
  -i https://shuttle-app.com/recordings/meeting.mp4 \
  --start 124 \
  --end 154 \
  --format mp4

const task = {
  input: 'https://shuttle-app.com/recordings/meeting.mp4',
  kind: 'video',
  options: {
    start: 124,
    end: 154,
    format: 'mp4',
  },
};

const res = await fetch('https://api.ittybit.com/jobs', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ITTYBIT_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(task),
});
const data = await res.json();

import requests

task = {
    "input": "https://shuttle-app.com/recordings/meeting.mp4",
    "kind": "video",
    "options": {
        "start": 124,
        "end": 154,
        "format": "mp4",
    },
}

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.ittybit.com/jobs",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"},
    json=task,
)
data = res.json()

TASK='{
  "input": "https://shuttle-app.com/recordings/meeting.mp4",
  "kind": "video",
  "options": {
    "start": 124,
    "end": 154,
    "format": "mp4"
  }
}'

curl -X POST https://api.ittybit.com/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ITTYBIT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "$TASK"

start and end are seconds. This extracts 124s to 154s — a 30-second clip.

CLI

ittybit video \
  -i meeting.mp4 \
  -o highlight.mp4 \
  --start 124 \
  --end 154

Trim and resize

Combine trimming with resizing for a shareable clip:

ittybit video \
  -i meeting.mp4 \
  -o clip.mp4 \
  --start 124 \
  --end 154 \
  --width 720 \
  --quality medium

Trim audio too

Same flags work for audio extraction from a specific segment:

ittybit audio \
  -i meeting.mp4 \
  -o quote.mp3 \
  --start 124 \
  --end 154