QuickTime Player 10.x: Shorten a movie or a movie clip
With QuickTime Player you can quickly remove a portion of the beginning or end of a movie or a movie clip to make it shorter or remove unwanted content. Shortening a movie or movie clip in this manner is called “trimming.” To get started, open your movie in QuickTime Player.
Shorten a movie
- In QuickTime Player, choose Edit > Trim.
The trimming bar appears.
- Use the trimming bar to select the portion of the movie that you want to keep.
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Drag the playhead, represented by a red vertical line, to find the portions of the movie that you want to eliminate.
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Drag the start and end of the trimming bar, using the yellow handles, to select the portion of the movie that you want to keep.
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If the start or end of your movie doesn’t have any sound, choose Edit > Select All Excluding Silence to quickly set the trimming region to exclude the silent portions of your movie.
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- Click the Trim button.
The movie is shortened to the portion you selected.
Shorten a movie clip
If you split your movie into clips, you can then trim the clips instead of trimming the entire movie. To learn more about clips, see:
- In QuickTime Player, choose View > Show Clips.
- Double-click the clip you want to trim.
- Use the trimming bar to select the portion of the clip that you want to keep.
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Drag the playhead, represented by a red vertical line, to find the portions of the clip that you want to eliminate.
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Drag the start and end of the trimming bar, using the yellow handles, to select the portion of the clip that you want to keep.
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If the start or end of your clip doesn’t have any sound, choose Edit > Select All Excluding Silence to quickly set the trimming region to exclude the silent portions of your clip.
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- Click the Trim button.
The clip is shortened to the portion you selected.