YTCutter 🎬

A modern, cross-platform desktop application for cutting and downloading segments from YouTube videos. Built with Avalonia UI and .NET.

Features 🚀

• 🎯 Cut specific segments from YouTube videos
• ⚡ Fast video processing using FFmpeg
• 🎨 Modern UI with Mica effect support on Windows 11
• 🌐 Cross-platform compatibility
• 🎥 High-quality video and audio download
• 📊 Progress tracking with visual feedback

Installation 📥

1. Head over to the releases page and download the latest version of YTCutter.
2. Extract the archive to a directory of your choice.
3. Open the directory and run the ytcutter.exe file.

Requirements 🔧

• FFmpeg (automatically included in Windows builds, needs to be installed on other platforms)

For linux users, you can install FFmpeg using your package manager:

sudo apt-get install ffmpeg

For macOS users, you can install FFmpeg using Homebrew:

brew install ffmpeg

Usage 📝

1. Enter a YouTube URL in the input field
2. Specify the start time (in seconds or MM:SS format)
3. Specify the end time (in seconds or MM:SS format)
4. Click the "Cut" button
5. Wait for the download and processing to complete
6. Find your cut video in the output directory

Build Instructions 🛠️

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/yungtry/ytcutter.git
2. Navigate to the project directory: cd ytcutter
3. Run the build script: dotnet build
4. Run the application: dotnet run
5. Publish the application: dotnet publish

Technical Details

Built using:

• Avalonia UI for cross-platform desktop interface
• YoutubeExplode for YouTube video processing
• FFmpeg for video cutting and encoding
• .NET 8.0

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1 - see the LICENSE file for details.