Recut Changelog

v4.2.5

October 21, 2024

• Fix a "clip not found" error when importing some files into DaVinci Resolve

v4.2.4

October 9, 2024

• Fix missing audio when loading videos recorded on iPhone 16
• Show a better error message if WebView2 is missing on Windows

v4.2.3

September 26, 2024

• Fix the 'Invalid argument' error on macOS 15 Sequoia
• Fix the occasional black frame when loading the tutorial or an empty project

v4.2.2

September 23, 2024

• Fix an error when using the software mp4 encoder to export sections
• Fix an export hang for some videos with no audio
• Fix the exporter tab selection (it now remembers the previous one)

v4.2.1

August 30, 2024

• Relax the settings when leaving the tutorial

v4.2

August 16, 2024

• Added a gear button next to Remove Silence button
• Added an option to delete silence and leave the gaps in place (click the gear)
• Fix an issue where some files were unplayable and would not load audio
• Fix the top of the video preview being cut off on Mac
• Fix "Invalid edit with no respective media" error on some M4A files
• Fix clips getting skipped in FCPXML export

v4.1.4

August 1, 2024

• Fix a 'no raw body in request' error on macOS pre-Catalina
• Fix an 'invalid argument' error during mp4 export on macOS 15 Beta

v4.1.2

July 8, 2024

• Fix an issue with the Windows updater where it would loop forever

v4.1.0

June 28, 2024

• Added a tutorial

v4.0.10

June 17, 2024

• Fix the Load Clipboard and Load File buttons in the Sections exporter
• Fix vertical scroll to take track height into account

v4.0.9

June 12, 2024

• Fix an error where Recut couldn't start on Windows in some cases

v4.0.8

June 9, 2024

• Fix: Some files caused extra blank frames at the end
• Fix: Audio was getting repeated if the first segment of a clip was deleted
• Fix: Sometimes audio-only files were not loading when added alongside videos

v4.0.7

June 1, 2024

• Fixed the Sections export (silent parts were not getting removed)

v4.0.6

May 31, 2024

• Sometimes silent areas were incorrect when mixing videos with audio-only files

v4.0.5

May 28, 2024

• Remove the double-click switching to Clips mode. Found it was too easy to accidentally trigger. (Press S to switch modes)
• Fix jittery playhead when changing stuff on the timeline
• Fix duplicate tracks in FCPXML export
• Fix the over-aggressive linking of clips in XML export

v4.0.4

May 16, 2024

• Fixed an issue where audio tracks could get skipped during XML export

v4.0.3

May 15, 2024

• Fixed an error when exporting FCPXML Multicam
• Fixed: sometimes it wasn't skipping correctly between deleted segments
• Fixed: deleting the first segment could sometimes mute the whole track
• Fix typo

v4.0.2

May 14, 2024

• Fixed: Manually-deleted segments weren't being skipped or actually deleted
• Added a setting to remove muted tracks from timeline exports

v4.0.1

May 13, 2024

• Fixed the 'No header "path" provided' error and others that were happening during export.
• (if you still see this, please reach out!)
• Fixed scaling of clip label text

v4.0

May 13, 2024

• Multiple files per track
• Drag files between tracks
• Split clips (press B)
• Trim clips (drag the edges)
• Trim/resize red silent parts
• Save and load projects
• Autosave, and auto-recovery if the app crashes
• An actual Remove Silence button (optional, but fun to click)
• A simple Silence Removal slider with presets
• Click the time to switch between timecode/seconds/frames
• Moved the Skip button next to the play controls
• Added undo/redo for silence settings
• Removed the ANY/ALL button (now defaults to ALL)
• Fix: Sections didn't work with staggered files and gaps
• Fix: In Premiere XML, silent clips weren't colored red
• Probably more stuff I forgot

v3.7.11

February 28, 2024

• Fix low quality exports on videos that have an embedded thumbnail
• Simplify the bitrate input
• Improve quality for non-default export resolutions
• Clear the sections after File > New
• Fix an issue where Sections export couldn't be cancelled

v3.7.10

February 27, 2024

• New: Added a bitrate option for video export
• Fix: CapCut exports sometimes had wobbly audio because of an incorrect framerate
• Fix: Reset the undo stack upon File > New

v3.7.9

December 12, 2023

• Fix a Malformed XML error that could happen while exporting

v3.7.8

December 11, 2023

• Allow resizing the window smaller than before
• Fix the "Go to Folder" button that appears after exporting
• Fix a potential blank screen/launch crash on Windows

v3.7.7

November 20, 2023

• Fixed FCPXML multicam export where some files were blank or not playing correctly
• Improved bitrate estimation (should improve MP4 export quality)
• Added a Support link under the Help menu

v3.7.6

September 28, 2023

• Fixed an issue that could cause misaligned clips in FCPXML for some files
• Fixed a hang with some MTS files

v3.7.5

August 14, 2023

• Multicam export (beta) for Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve
• Fixed a crash when playing to the end at more than 1x speed
• Reset playback speed after stopping
• Hopefully fix an issue where the window wouldn't open

v3.7.4

August 7, 2023

• Added CapCut export
• Fixed an error when opening some AVI files

v3.7.3

July 28, 2023

• Allow more framerates for XML export (fixes the Invalid Timebase error)

v3.7.2

July 21, 2023

• Mac-only: Fixed a crash when exporting mp4 files with the hardware encoder

v3.7.1

July 21, 2023

• Fix an error when loading some MP3 files
• Fix blank waveform on some MKV files
• Hopefully fixed wild bitrate values in Premiere exports

v3.7

July 20, 2023

• Dark Mode! (follows the system theme)
• Added ScreenFlow export
• Resizable audio tracks
• Now automatically switches audio output when the system default changes
• Add support for MTS files
• Add a software encoding option for MP4 export
• Fully-silent tracks are now automatically marked as Ignored
• Enabled BRAW support (audio-only, no video)
• Fix: White screen on macOS 10.13 and 10.14
• Fix: Cmd+shortcuts didn't work on Mac sometimes
• Fix h264_videotoolbox error
• Fix audio not loading beyond the first track
• Fix File->New, File->Open menu items on Windows
• Windows: Shortcut keys for Undo/Redo/New/Open now work
• Fix a 'clip ID not found' error
• Fix random 'file not found' error
• Improved performance and memory usage when loading a lot of files at once

• Too buggy, rolled it back and fixed things up for 3.7

v3.5.4

May 6, 2023

• Add support for M4V files
• Color the silent segments red in XML exports (when Keep Silent Segments is enabled)

v3.5.3

April 28, 2023

• Fix the swapped width/height on vertical videos in FCPXML exports
• Fix the DTD error on some FCPXML exports

v3.5.2

April 5, 2023

• Fix an error when using a Recut-made XML file with proxies in Premiere
• Open the Save dialog to the right folder (Mac)

v3.5.1

March 14, 2023

• Fix DTD error on some FCPXML files

v3.5

March 14, 2023

• New keyboard shortcuts:
• Left/Right arrow keys step by one frame. Holding shift moves one second.
• < and > keys nudge selected clips by one frame.
• S key switches selection mode (Clips vs Segments)
• Added undo/redo for deleting Clips
• FCPXML now includes the files in the media browser
• Fixed: on Mac, dragging the playhead no longer gets stuck under the video
• Fixed a couple causes of 'clips not found' errors in DaVinci Resolve exports
• Fixed a timing skew error in DaVinci Resolve exports
• Fixed the timeline ruler scale so that it properly matches the timeline frame rate
• Fixed the -1:-1:-1:-1 timecode display
• Fixed the issue where selected segments would shift incorrectly when a clip was moved
• Fixed the doubled audio tracks in Premiere (they're now merged into 1 stereo track)
• Added hints to the Resolve exporters for multi-track audio

v3.4.5

January 31, 2023

• Fix the bug from 3.4.4 that caused waveforms and silent areas to be wildly wrong

v3.4.4

January 30, 2023

• Fix rounding errors in FCPXML that could cause clips to bump each other out of position
• Fix DTD error in some FCPXML files
• Fix Invalid Media error in FCPXML exports when some source files have non-zero start times
• Out-of-phase audio no longer appears as an empty waveform

v3.4.3

January 7, 2023

• Fix a bug where some audio files with thumbnails would cause the app to hang
• Fix the duration showing incorrectly when files are an exact number of minutes
• Fix a crash when exporting videos
• Fix a hang on some MP3 files with a thumbnail

v3.4.2

January 5, 2023

• Windows-only, fixed a bug in 3.4.1 that caused a Missing DLL error on startup

v3.4.1

January 5, 2023

New Features:

• Add a 3x playback speed option
• Add support for files encoded with AV1

Fixes:

• Fix blurry/bad quality video export (the export bitrate now matches the input, plus a little)
• Fix a bug where the export resolution couldn't be changed

v3.4

November 26, 2022

New Features:

• Export a timeline while preserving silent sections (cut around them, don't remove them)
• Remember the last-used export app
• Split the timeline into sections and export them as separate videos
• Custom filenames for exported sections
• Clips are now labeled with their filename

Bug Fixes:

• A potential crash when playing video
• Correctly handle exported paths with ampersands in them (Premiere)
• Allow right-clicking in inputs (e.g. for copy/paste)
• Timeline now keeps clips in view when adding new files
• Files with an embedded thumbnail no longer freeze playback
• Clips are now linked correctly when the timeline starts with a gap (XML, Premiere)
• Tracks are no longer converted to mono during XML export (Premiere)
• Fixed an error reading GoPro 60fps files in DaVinci Resolve
• Fix garbled audio at faster playback speeds

v3.3.2

October 11, 2022

• Add support for a few more formats: MPG, MPEG, AVI, AIFF
• Fix a bug where silent segments were skewing out of place when moving clips side-to-side.
• Fix a bug with FCPXML export when files had an undefined colorspace.

v3.3.1

September 28, 2022

• Set the colorSpace correctly in FCPXML exports
• Fix audio tracks getting cut short on some files
• Fix a desync issue on some MKV files

v3.3.0

August 31, 2022

• Rotated videos should work properly now: in playback, with XML export, and with video export.
• Fixed errors in Final Cut with some WAV files

v3.2.2

July 28, 2022

• Fixed a DTD error with FCPXML when filename or path contained a pipe character
• Add support for WEBM files
• Add keyboard shortcuts for File > New and File > open
• Better seeking performance on high bitrate videos

v3.2.1

July 27, 2022

• Fixed a problem where vertical videos were getting squished during export (they were exporting with a horizontal resolution).

v3.2

July 25, 2022

• Added 1.5x playback speed
• Added support for MXF files
• Timeline can now be resized larger, for a better experience on smaller screens.

v3.1

July 5, 2022

• New: Click Help > Hotkeys for a list of keyboard shortcuts.
• New: Hotkeys for zooming (- and =)
• New: 2x and 4x playback: press L or click the fast-forward button.
• New: Keep and Cut silent and audible segments! Click on segments to select them, drag a box to select multiple, and delete them with Backspace or Delete.
• New: Any/All Toggle - choose whether to cut silence when ANY track is silent, or only when ALL of them are silent.
• Undo and Redo for deleted segments
• Faster, smoother zooming
• Files should load faster
• Fixed wrong audio duration on some files
• Better compatibility with macOS 10.13 and 10.14

v3.0.10

June 25, 2022

• On some systems, videos would play back at superspeed and sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks. That's fixed now.

v3.0.9

June 24, 2022

• Videos should no longer get out of sync after exporting
• Fixed an issue where silent sections could be misaligned from the audio in some files.

v3.0.8

June 9, 2022

• Fixed short/missing audio tracks on videos from DJI cameras.

v3.0.7

June 8, 2022

• Fixed non-square aspect ratio with XML files in Premiere
• Fixed missing audio and 'importer reported generic error' in Premiere with certain files

v3.0.6

June 6, 2022

• Fixed 'Clip not found' error in DaVinci Resolve for files from Panasonic cameras
• Fixed frozen video clips in DaVinci Resolve (when using the .XML export)
• The XML files are smaller now, so Premiere shouldn't hang while working with lots of cuts
• Clips are now linked together in XML exports, so you can select a whole vertical chunk of them like usual
• Fixed the duplicate audio tracks in Premiere XML export

v3.0.4

June 1, 2022

Bug fixes!

• Set the default filename when exporting
• Now using a default framerate of 60fps, which is more compatible with audio-only FCPXML export
• Fixed the 'invalid format' error from Final Cut Pro when importing FCPXML files
• Fixed multiple audio/video sync problems
• Fixed the 'Clip not found' error in DaVinci Resolve
• Fixed glitching/popping/crackly audio during playback and export
• Fixed an 'invalid argument' error when exporting some MP4 files

v3.0.3

June 1, 2022

• Fixed how UNC paths are handled on Windows, so Recut should now be able to open files from network drives.

v3.0

May 31, 2022

• First version of the rewritten app for Mac and Windows