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Find the best 40 seconds in a 40‑minute video.

Paste a YouTube URL. AI reads the transcript and marks the moments worth sharing. Fine-tune the in and out, preview inline, and export real .mp4 clips — every frame processed on your own machine.

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// the pipeline

Four steps, start to saved clip

No timeline scrubbing through an hour of footage. The transcript does the finding.

01
paste

Drop a URL

Any YouTube link. Captions get pulled as timed segments.

02
read

AI marks moments

Gemini scans the transcript and proposes clips with in/out times.

03
tune

Edit & preview

Nudge start/end, watch the exact range in an inline player.

04
export

Cut to disk

ffmpeg writes a real .mp4 — optional frame or PNG overlay.

// what's in the box

Runs entirely on your machine

No server, no upload, no account. Bundled binaries do every bit of the work.

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AI clip suggestions

Gemini 2.5 Flash (free tier) reads the transcript and picks the moments worth sharing.

✂️

Real local cuts

yt-dlp downloads, ffmpeg cuts. Output is a normal .mp4 — no watermarks.

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Frame-level in/out

Nudge the start and end of every clip before you cut. You keep final say over the edit.

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Inline preview

Watch the exact clip range in an embedded player before committing to the cut.

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Frames & overlays

Color borders or upload your own PNG overlay to brand every clip you export.

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Your key, stored locally

Bring your own free Gemini key. It's saved on your device and never sent anywhere else.

// get it

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