Youtube Video Cut and Download
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Youtube Video Cut and Download
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Your all-in-one toolkit to instantly cut, download, and reformat YouTube videos. Trim specific clips, convert to a vertical 9:16 format for Shorts/TikTok, or extract high-quality audio in seconds.
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YouTube Video Cut and Download 🎬
A powerful and versatile Apify Actor for downloading, trimming, and reformatting YouTube videos using the robust yt-dlp and ffmpeg libraries.
This is more than just a downloader. It's a complete toolkit for content creators, marketers, researchers, and archivists. You can download full videos in the highest possible quality, extract audio, or perform advanced processing like trimming specific clips and reformatting videos for social media platforms.
🎯 Who Is This For?
This tool is designed for anyone who needs to work with YouTube videos efficiently:
- Content Creators & YouTubers: Quickly create compilation videos, reaction videos, or Shorts by clipping segments from other videos.
- Social Media Managers: Effortlessly convert standard videos into vertical 9:16 format for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
- Video Editors & Podcasters: Extract high-quality audio for podcasts or grab specific video clips to use as B-roll.
- Researchers & Educators: Save and archive specific, relevant segments of lectures, documentaries, or news reports for study.
- YouTube Automation Channels: Integrate this Actor via API into your workflow to automate the creation of "Top 10" lists, highlight reels, and more.
- Casual Users: Easily save your favorite song, a funny clip, or a tutorial snippet without installing complex software.
🚀 Key Features
- ✅ Highest Quality Downloads: Downloads the best available video and audio streams and merges them to provide true HD quality (1080p, 4K, etc.).
- ✂️ Precise Video Trimming: Download only the exact section of a video you need by specifying a start and end time.
- 📱 Instant Vertical Conversion: Automatically convert standard 16:9 videos into a vertical 9:16 format with a single click.
- 🎧 High-Quality Audio Extraction: Rip the audio from any video and save it in your preferred format (
mp3,wav,m4a,flac). - 🎚️ Format and Quality Selection: Choose your desired output format and video quality from convenient dropdown lists.
- 🍪 Cookie Authentication Support: Bypass YouTube's "Sign in" errors for age-restricted or private videos by providing your browser cookies.
- 📦 Direct Apify Integration: All output files are saved directly to the Apify Key-Value Store, providing a stable, direct URL for you to download your final file.
📖 How to Use
- Paste the YouTube URL you want to process.
- Select your options:
- Check Trim Video and provide
Start TimeandEnd Time(in HH:MM:SS format) to download a specific clip. - Check Convert to Vertical to reformat the output for mobile-first platforms.
- Choose your desired Video Quality and Format.
- Check Trim Video and provide
- (Optional) If you need to download an age-restricted or private video, follow the cookie instructions below. For most public videos, this is not needed.
- Click Start. Your final processed file will be available in the "Storage" tab of the Actor run.
💬 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: What exactly is this tool?
A: This is an online tool (an Apify Actor) that lets you download, cut, and reformat any public YouTube video directly from your browser. It runs on a server, so you don't need to install any complex software like yt-dlp or ffmpeg on your own computer.
Q: How do I cut a specific part of a YouTube video?
A: Simply check the "Trim Video" box and enter the desired Start Time and End Time in the HH:MM:SS format (e.g., 00:01:30 to start at 1 minute and 30 seconds). The Actor will download only that specific segment.
Q: Can I cut a YouTube video and download only the audio as MP3?
A: Yes! Check the "Audio Only" box and select mp3 from the "Audio Format" dropdown. If you also use the "Trim Video" feature, you will get an MP3 of only your selected clip.
Q: Is it possible to convert a cut YouTube clip into a 9:16 vertical video?
A: Absolutely. This is one of the tool's most powerful features. Simply check both the "Trim Video" and "Convert to Vertical" boxes. The Actor will first cut your clip and then reformat it into a 9:16 aspect ratio, ready for TikTok, Reels, or Shorts.
Q: What about downloading a video without sound?
A: You can achieve this by running the download with "Audio Only" checked settings.
Q: Is it safe to use, and are my activities tracked?
A: Yes, it is safe. The entire process runs on Apify's secure cloud infrastructure. Your activity is private to your Apify account. The connection to YouTube is made from the server, not your computer, so your personal IP address is not exposed to YouTube during the download.
Q: Are there any limits on cutting videos?
A: There are no practical limits. on the number of YouTube videos you can cut or the length of the clips. We aim to provide flexible online video trimming.
Q: Is it legal to cut and download YouTube clips?
A: Downloading videos may violate YouTube's terms of service. You should only download content that you have permission to use, or content that is in the public domain or available under a Creative Commons license. Please respect copyright laws.
☎️ Contact & Support
If you encounter any problems, have a feature request, or need help, please don't hesitate to reach out.
- Report an Issue: The best way to report a bug or request a feature is by creating an "Issue" on the Github.
- Contact the Developer: For other inquiries, you can contact me directly at X.
📥 Input Parameters (For API Users)
| Key | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | (Required) The full https://www.youtube.com/... URL of the video. | — |
trim | boolean | If true, downloads only the section between startTime and endTime. | false |
convertToVertical | boolean | If true, crops the final video to a 9:16 aspect ratio. | false |
startTime | string | The start time for trimming (format: HH:MM:SS). | — |
endTime | string | The end time for trimming (format: HH:MM:SS). | — |
quality | string | The desired video quality. best merges the highest quality video and audio. | 1080p |
format | string | The final video container format. | mp4 |
audioOnly | boolean | If true, downloads only the audio track. | false |
audioFormat | string | The output format if audioOnly is true. | mp3 |
cookies | string | (Optional) Your YouTube browser cookies to bypass sign-in checks. | — |
