Reduce costs
Lower bandwidth and storage expenses without compromising quality.
Define clip start and duration
Specify start_time and duration in seconds to create a shorter video clip from the source file.
Video Clips
Extract segments from longer videos and create highlight clips automatically.
Overview
What It Is
Video clipping extracts specific time ranges from a source video and creates a new file containing only that segment. Qencode performs clipping during transcoding, so you get a fully encoded clip in your target format without re-encoding the source twice. This is critical for broadcasters, educators, and content creators who need to generate multiple derivative clips from a single long-form asset.
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Process
How It Works
Set output format and quality
Choose the output format and encoding settings for the clipped segment.Submit clip job
Include clip parameters and multiple time ranges in a single API request.Receive clipped files
Get fully encoded clips delivered to your storage, ready for use.
Overview
Why Video Clips
Save time
Automate complex processing that would take hours manually.
Scale effortlessly
Handle thousands of videos with the same API call.
Integrate in minutes
Simple robust API with comprehensive SDKs and documentation.
Use Cases
Who Uses Video Clips
Broadcasters
ScenarioA news network broadcasts 8-hour live feeds daily. Producers need to extract key stories (5-minute segments) for the website and social media within minutes of airing.
Automatically extract and encode clips during the live stream, publishing them 30 minutes after the event ends instead of waiting 2+ hours for manual editing.
EdTech
ScenarioInstructors record full lectures (60-90 minutes) but want to break them into topic-specific clips (5-15 minutes) for mobile viewing and quiz content alignment.
Students find relevant clip-length content faster, increasing engagement by 35%, and instructors reduce manual editing time from 3 hours to 5 minutes per lecture.
Media & Entertainment
ScenarioFilm studios produce 2-hour feature films but need to generate 30-second, 1-minute, and 2-minute clips for trailer campaigns, social media teasers, and promotional materials.
Generate all promotional clips in one transcoding job, reducing production time by 70% and ensuring consistent quality across all marketing materials.
Tutorial
How to use Video Clips
Watch a quick walkthrough showing how to configure and use Video Clips through the Qencode dashboard and API.
Tutorial Video Coming Soon
For Developers
Technical Reference
| API Method | POST /v1/start_encode2 after creating a task with POST /v1/create_task. |
| Key Parameters | source, output, start_time, duration. Use start_time to choose where the clip begins and duration to define how long the clipped output should be. |
| Supported Input Formats | Any video format — MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, HLS, and 200+ others |
| Supported Output Formats | Standard transcoding outputs such as mp4, webm, advanced_hls, advanced_dash, webm_dash, repack, gif. |
| Clipping Precision | Clip timing is defined in seconds using float values: start_time is the start point in the source, and duration is the number of seconds to encode from that point. |
Request Example
Produces Video Clips output JSON
{
"query": {
"source": "https://your-storage.com/source.mov",
"encoder_version": "2",
"format": [
{
"output": "mp4",
"video_codec": "libx264",
"resolution": 2160,
"optimize_bitrate": 1,
"start_time": "60",
"duration": "240"
}
]
}
}Copy this payload and use it with your API key to test Video Clips on your own video.
Pricing
What It Costs
Included with Transcoding
Video clip extraction is available for all Qencode users. It is included with standard transcoding, with no additional cost per clip.
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Smart Editing
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Thumbnails
Generate preview images for each clip to show in your interface
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