[FEATURE REQUEST] in-app option to merge video cuts

[jeyjai]

Is your feature request available in yt-dlp? Please describe.
Yes, yt-dlp can merge files

Describe the solution you'd like
When using the cut feature on a video, depending on how you cut it, you might end up with 2 or more clips.
I think it'd be a good idea to add the option to automatically merge those videos for you. Could be something as simple as a checkbox in the same window you're doing the cuts in.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Not sure about alternatives but you could even expand on this feature in the future by making it possible to choose which order you want to merge the clips in, maybe by dragging and dropping the timestamps in the order you want them merged.

Additional context

[deniscerri]

What is the ytdlp command

[jeyjai]

I'm pretty sure its possible to merge segmented videos or videos in a playlist and merge them in youtube-dl, so i just assumed it was possible in yt-dlp as well.
Think it was called concatenate.

But isn't it possible to do it the same way sponsorblock gets it done? I'm just guessing but i think it works the same as using --download-sections and just output them to one file.
But I'm pretty new to youtube-dl and yt-dlp so i could be completely wrong

[deniscerri]

As far as i know i dont think yt-dlp can do this. If anyone knows the command i will be happy to implement it

[jeyjai]

Yea i just learned about yt-dlp a few days ago so maybe i misunderstood the posts i read.

But leave the issue open for now and I'll take a look at it during the weekend to see if i can find anything

[deniscerri]

@JimZiii any luck?

[pukkandan]

yt-dlp internally has the code for concat, but it is not implemented with --download-sections, only for playlists.

[jeyjai]

yt-dlp internally has the code for concat, but it is not implemented with --download-sections, only for playlists.

I suspected that since I've only been able to find merging in this way in relation to sponsorblock and playlists.

But if sponsorblock is able to cut segments and merge the remaining parts, wouldn't it be possible to use the same method when doing cuts of your own to a video? It should be the same thing but im feeding it the parts i want instead of the sponsorblock api.

And if it's not currently available, would it be possible for you to implement it?

[pukkandan]

It is possible, just not implemented. Tracked in yt-dlp/yt-dlp#7039