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autocut 0.3.0

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@cobanov cobanov released this 18 May 21:57

Stable release. The app is feature-complete for the goals it set out to
hit, packaged for Homebrew, and tested across a couple of machines.

autocut screenshot

Install

brew install --cask cobanov/tap/autocut

Brew strips the Gatekeeper quarantine flag automatically. The manual
dmg path is still documented in the README for users without brew.

What's new since 0.2.0

  • Native arm64 ffmpeg/ffprobe. Earlier builds shipped x86_64 binaries
    that ran transparently on machines with Rosetta 2 installed but failed
    silently on fresh Apple Silicon Macs. Sidecars are now native arm64.
  • Fixed sidecar binary resolution. Production bundles look for ffmpeg
    next to the running executable (Contents/MacOS) in addition to
    Resources, so the app no longer relies on stale dev-time paths to find
    its helpers on the developer's own machine.
  • Detailed error reporting. When something fails the dropzone shows
    the full anyhow chain (which spawn failed, which path, which stderr)
    and a one-click "copy details" button that bundles the error with a
    diagnostic snapshot (version, target, resolved binary paths) for bug
    reports.
  • Auto-zoom long videos. The timeline opens pre-zoomed on clips over
    90 seconds so individual cuts are legible without anyone having to
    discover the navigator drag.
  • Export notification + show-in-finder. Successful exports send a
    native macOS notification and reveal a "show in finder" action in the
    export panel.
  • Homebrew Cask distribution at cobanov/homebrew-tap.

Manual install

  1. Download autocut_0.3.0_aarch64.dmg below
  2. Drag autocut into Applications, eject the dmg
  3. xattr -cr /Applications/autocut.app (skip this if you used brew)
  4. Launch the app

Known limits

  • macOS Apple Silicon only. Other platforms build from source
  • Unsigned, non-notarized (brew handles Gatekeeper for you)
  • MP4 export re-encodes; lossless smart-cut is deferred