Chisel

Chisel is a simple C-based tool that automates video editing by reading a CHISEL file describing input videos and timestamped chunks. It uses FFmpeg to extract and concatenate these chunks into a final video.

Features

• Define inputs and chunks in a plain text CHISEL file
• Extracts video segments without re-encoding (-c copy)
• Concatenates chunks into output.mp4
• Runs with a single command: ./chisel
• Supports any video format FFmpeg can read

CHISEL File

"input1.mkv" input
00:00:00 00:01:30 chunk

"input2.mp4" input
00:02:00 00:03:00 chunk

• Inputs specify source files.
• Chunks specify start and end timestamps linked to the last input.

Usage

1. Place your videos and CHISEL file in the same folder.

2. Build the program:

   gcc chisel.c -o chisel
   

3. Run:

   ./chisel
   

4. Find the assembled video as output.mp4.

Requirements

• FFmpeg
• C compiler (e.g., gcc)