YT Cut

A modern YouTube video trimmer with precise timestamp control

🎥 About

YT Cut is a powerful web application that allows you to easily trim YouTube videos with precise timestamp control. Perfect for content creators, educators, and anyone who needs specific segments from YouTube videos.

✨ Features

• 🎯 Precise timestamp control with interactive slider
• 🎨 Modern dark mode interface
• 🚀 Fast video processing
• 📱 Responsive design
• 🔒 Secure download handling
• 🐳 Docker support for easy deployment

🖥 Screenshot

🚀 Quick Start

Using Docker (Recommended)

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/yt-cut.git
# Navigate to project directory
cd yt-cut
# Start the application
docker-compose up --build

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Manual Setup & Usage

Setup Steps

1. Backend:

cd backend
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate # For Mac/Linux
pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py

Frontend:

• Serve using any static file server
• Navigate to http://localhost:8080
• Paste YouTube URL
• Select time range using slider
• Click Download button

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Tech Stack

• Backend: Python/Flask, yt-dlp, MoviePy, DevOps, Docker, Nginx
• Frontend: HTML5/CSS3, JavaScript ES6+, YouTube IFrame API, noUiSlider

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📜 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

🙏 Acknowledgements

Special thanks to:

• GitHub Copilot for code suggestions and optimizations
• The open-source community for the amazing tools and libraries