zncut

the fastest command line tool for removing ads from pre-downloaded youtube videos with frame-accurate cuts

Install

pip install zncut

Requires ffmpeg + ffprobe (brew install ffmpeg on macOS).

Usage

zncut --input path/to/video.mp4 --id VIDEO_ID --output path/to/output.mp4

Arguments

Argument	Description	Required
--input	Path to the video file	Yes
--id	YouTube video ID	Yes
--output	Output file path	No (defaults to <input>_zncut.<ext>)

Example

zncut --input path/to/video.mp4 --id dQw4w9WgXcQ --output out.mp4

Publishing to PyPI

First time only: pipx install build twine

pyproject-build && twine upload dist/*

The package is available at https://pypi.org/project/zncut/