video-subtitle-cutter
SKILL.md
What I Do
Automate video editing by:
- Transcribing video to timestamped subtitles (Whisper)
- Analyzing transcript with AI to identify cuts (filler words, pauses, mistakes)
- Generating FFmpeg commands to cut and concatenate clean segments
- Generating subtitles (SRT) for the final video
CRITICAL: Always Re-encode (Never Use -c copy)
The #1 mistake is using -c copy for cutting. This causes:
- Frozen frames at cut points (1-8 seconds of freeze)
- Audio/video sync issues
- Glitchy playback
Why? H.264 video uses keyframes (I-frames) every 2-10 seconds. -c copy can only cut at keyframes, so FFmpeg includes extra frames that display as frozen.