A Flutter package for trimming videos
Features
- Customizable video trimmer.
- Supports two types of trim viewer, fixed length and scrollable.
- Video playback control.
- Retrieving and storing video file.
Also, supports conversion to GIF.
NOTE: Versions 5.0.0 and above uses a native video trimmer without the overhead of FFmpeg. Have a look at the Changelog for breaking changes if you are below version 5.0.0.
Following image shows the structure of the TrimViewer. It consists of the Duration on top (displaying the start, end, and scrubber time), TrimArea consisting of the thumbnails, and TrimEditor which is an overlay that let's you select a portion from the video.
Example
The example app running on an iPhone 13 Pro device:
Usage
Add the dependency video_trimmer to your pubspec.yaml file:
For using main version of FFmpeg package:
dependencies:
video_trimmer: ^5.0.0
Android configuration
No additional configuration is needed for using on Android platform. You are good to go!
iOS configuration
Functionalities
Loading input video file
final Trimmer _trimmer = Trimmer();
await _trimmer.loadVideo(videoFile: file);
Saving trimmed video
Returns a string to indicate whether the saving operation was successful.
await _trimmer
.saveTrimmedVideo(startValue: _startValue, endValue: _endValue)
.then((value) => setState(() => _value = value));
Video playback state
Returns the video playback state. If true then the video is playing, otherwise it is paused.
await _trimmer.videoPlaybackControl(
startValue: _startValue,
endValue: _endValue,
);
Widgets
Display a video playback area
VideoViewer(trimmer: _trimmer)
Display the video trimmer area
TrimViewer(
trimmer: _trimmer,
viewerHeight: 50.0,
viewerWidth: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
maxVideoLength: const Duration(seconds: 10),
onChangeStart: (value) => _startValue = value,
onChangeEnd: (value) => _endValue = value,
onChangePlaybackState: (value) =>
setState(() => _isPlaying = value),
)
Example
Before using this example directly in a Flutter app, don't forget to add the video_trimmer & file_picker packages to your pubspec.yaml file.
You can try out this example by replacing the entire content of main.dart file of a newly created Flutter project.
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:video_trimmer/video_trimmer.dart';
void main() => runApp(MyApp());
class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
title: 'Video Trimmer',
theme: ThemeData(
primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
),
home: HomePage(),
);
}
}
class HomePage extends StatelessWidget {
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Video Trimmer"),
),
body: Center(
child: Container(
child: ElevatedButton(
child: Text("LOAD VIDEO"),
onPressed: () async {
FilePickerResult? result = await FilePicker.platform.pickFiles(
type: FileType.video,
allowCompression: false,
);
if (result != null) {
File file = File(result.files.single.path!);
Navigator.of(context).push(
MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) {
return TrimmerView(file);
}),
);
}
},
),
),
),
);
}
}
class TrimmerView extends StatefulWidget {
final File file;
TrimmerView(this.file);
@override
_TrimmerViewState createState() => _TrimmerViewState();
}
class _TrimmerViewState extends State<TrimmerView> {
final Trimmer _trimmer = Trimmer();
double _startValue = 0.0;
double _endValue = 0.0;
bool _isPlaying = false;
bool _progressVisibility = false;
Future<String?> _saveVideo() async {
setState(() {
_progressVisibility = true;
});
String? _value;
await _trimmer
.saveTrimmedVideo(startValue: _startValue, endValue: _endValue)
.then((value) {
setState(() {
_progressVisibility = false;
_value = value;
});
});
return _value;
}
void _loadVideo() {
_trimmer.loadVideo(videoFile: widget.file);
}
@override
void initState() {
super.initState();
_loadVideo();
}
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return Scaffold(
appBar: AppBar(
title: Text("Video Trimmer"),
),
body: Builder(
builder: (context) => Center(
child: Container(
padding: EdgeInsets.only(bottom: 30.0),
color: Colors.black,
child: Column(
mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.max,
children: <Widget>[
Visibility(
visible: _progressVisibility,
child: LinearProgressIndicator(
backgroundColor: Colors.red,
),
),
ElevatedButton(
onPressed: _progressVisibility
? null
: () async {
_saveVideo().then((outputPath) {
print('OUTPUT PATH: $outputPath');
final snackBar = SnackBar(
content: Text('Video Saved successfully'));
ScaffoldMessenger.of(context).showSnackBar(
snackBar,
);
});
},
child: Text("SAVE"),
),
Expanded(
child: VideoViewer(trimmer: _trimmer),
),
Center(
child: TrimViewer(
trimmer: _trimmer,
viewerHeight: 50.0,
viewerWidth: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width,
maxVideoLength: const Duration(seconds: 10),
onChangeStart: (value) => _startValue = value,
onChangeEnd: (value) => _endValue = value,
onChangePlaybackState: (value) =>
setState(() => _isPlaying = value),
),
),
TextButton(
child: _isPlaying
? Icon(
Icons.pause,
size: 80.0,
color: Colors.white,
)
: Icon(
Icons.play_arrow,
size: 80.0,
color: Colors.white,
),
onPressed: () async {
bool playbackState = await _trimmer.videoPlaybackControl(
startValue: _startValue,
endValue: _endValue,
);
setState(() {
_isPlaying = playbackState;
});
},
)
],
),
),
),
),
);
}
}
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Souvik Biswas
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