video_trimmer

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

• Add the following keys to your Info.plist file, located in <project root>/ios/Runner/Info.plist:

  <key>NSCameraUsageDescription</key>
  <string>Used to demonstrate image picker plugin</string>
  <key>NSMicrophoneUsageDescription</key>
  <string>Used to capture audio for image picker plugin</string>
  <key>NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription</key>
  <string>Used to demonstrate image picker plugin</string>
  

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

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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