Smart Media Cutter
Transcript-based desktop video cutting with fast lossless exports, multi-track audio tools, and optional cloud services.
About Smart Media Cutter
Smart Media Cutter is a desktop video-cutting application for streamers, podcasters, and video editors working with long recordings. It places video beside an AI-generated transcript, so users can search spoken content, jump to a word, and select text to mark clips. Its smartcut workflow only recodes around cut points, enabling quick exports while preserving the original quality of the rest of the file. Multi-track projects can be transcribed one track at a time, mixed, or exported separately, and timelines can be sent to Resolve or Premiere through XML export. Core processing and local Whisper transcription run on the device; optional cloud transcription and translation use third-party providers. Windows 10 and 11, macOS 12 or later, and Linux are supported. The free tier covers core exports, AI transcripts, and silence cutting, while paid licenses add benefits such as lossless joining, cloud credits, premium feature access, and higher-priority support.
Best for
Best use cases
Turn a long stream into selected clips by finding spoken phrases in a searchable transcript.
Remove detected silence and export cuts without re-encoding the entire source recording.
Prepare a multi-track podcast by transcribing tracks separately and exporting audio or an XML timeline.
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Local Whisper transcription can work offline and does not consume cloud credits.
Optional cloud transcription and translation trade local-only processing for higher accuracy and broader language handling.
The free tier covers core editing, while paid licenses add cloud credits, premium features, joining, and support benefits.
Features
Transcript-based cutting
Search the transcript, jump to a spoken word, and select text to mark clips instead of scrubbing through long recordings.
Fast lossless export
Cut around selected points and export without re-encoding the entire source, preserving the original video quality.
Multi-track audio editing
Transcribe audio tracks separately, adjust their levels, and export tracks individually for podcasts and streamed recordings.
Pros
- Local video processing and offline Whisper transcription keep routine editing on the device and avoid cloud usage limits.
- Transcript search, silence detection, and selective recoding reduce the time needed to navigate and export long recordings.
- Windows, macOS, and Linux support plus XML export make the workflow usable across common editing setups.
Cons
- Lossless video joining, cloud credits, premium feature access, and higher-priority support require a paid license.
- Optional cloud transcription and translation send data to third-party providers rather than keeping that work entirely local.
- Compatibility is limited to Windows 10 or 11 and macOS 12 or later, so older systems are not supported.
Pricing Plans
Free
- Unlimited video exports
- Unlimited XML exports
- Unlimited AI transcripts
- Unlimited silence cutting
- Core updates
- Personal-use rights
- Low-priority support
Lite 2026
- Core features
- New premium features for 1 year
- $1 in cloud credits
- About 4 hours of cloud transcription
- About 30 hours of transcript translation
- Personal-use rights
- Regular-priority support
Personal
- Core features
- New premium features forever
- $30 in cloud credits
- About 120 hours of cloud transcription
- About 1,000 hours of transcript translation
- Personal-use rights
- Regular-priority support
Company
- Core features
- New premium features forever
- $60 in cloud credits
- About 240 hours of cloud transcription
- About 2,000 hours of transcript translation
- Business and team-use rights
- High-priority support
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Smart Media Cutter's official website.