Trim Video

Extract a time range from a video by specifying start and end positions in seconds.

When to use

• Cut a clip from a longer recording (e.g. extract the first 30 seconds).
• Remove unwanted segments from the beginning or end of a video.
• Prepare clips before transcoding or concatenating.

Inputs & outputs

Input modality	Video file (URL)
Output modality	Video file (GCS URL)
Max input duration	30 min
Max input size	5 GB

Parameters

Param	Required	Description
start	yes	Start time in seconds (non-negative)
end	yes	End time in seconds (must be > start)

Examples

Extract first 30 seconds

{
  "type": "video.trim",
  "input": { "video_url": "gs://infery-prod-media/example/input.mp4" },
  "params": { "start": 0, "end": 30 }
}

Extract a mid-section clip

{
  "type": "video.trim",
  "input": { "video_url": "gs://infery-prod-media/example/input.mp4" },
  "params": { "start": 60, "end": 120 }
}

Related capabilities

• video.transcode — re-encode the trimmed clip to a target format
• video.concat — join multiple trimmed clips together
• video.pipeline — chain trim with other operations in one step

{
  "start": 0,
  "end": 30
}