Timeline planner

Video clip planner

Turn start and end timestamps into an exact clip duration, timeline share, and frame count before opening an editor.

Planned clip 00:45

01:15 → 02:00

Source share
6%
Frames
1,350
Start frame
2,250
End frame
3,600

Timestamp planning without timeline drift

Timestamp notation is easy to misread when hours are optional. This planner accepts seconds, MM:SS, or HH:MM:SS and normalizes the range. It rejects an end before the start and an end beyond the declared source duration.

Frames are a planning aid

The frame count is duration multiplied by the selected timeline rate. Actual source media can use a different or variable frame rate, so use the result for rough edit planning rather than frame-accurate conforming.

Cut points and keyframes

A fast lossless cut may snap to a nearby keyframe. Exact cuts usually require decoding and re-encoding around the boundary. That distinction explains why two tools can produce slightly different starts from the same timestamp.