<p>I need to cut a video in Resolve 18 and export it. The video is already in the format and encoding I want it to have, I just need to cut out  some parts. After that, I want the file to be saved. Quality is not a priority here, speed is! So I want to simply write the cut file back to an mp4-file within a matter of a few minutes on my 2016 macbook pro (i5). The clip is a simple Zoom-recording in a mp4-container.</p>
<p>Whatever I try to do in the Deliver page, Resolve always starts re-encoding the file, taking 1-2 hours for a clip. How to simply export/write out the cut clip?</p>

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2022-10-29T10:45:01.097Z
Sadly, that is a must, you can't just "cut out" a part wihtout reeconding. It is possible to sometimes stitch together parts with tools like ffmpeg, but besides that, you'll always have to reencode.
Timothy Lukas H.
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2022-11-02T13:22:43.927Z
Thank you, I'm moving to LosslessCut
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How to export video in DaVinci Resolve 18 without (!) reencoding?
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# How to export video in DaVinci Resolve 18 without (!) reencoding?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-27)

I need to cut a video in Resolve 18 and export it. The video is already in the format and encoding I want it to have, I just need to cut out some parts. After that, I want the file to be saved. Quality is not a priority here, speed is! So I want to simply write the cut file back to an mp4-file within a matter of a few minutes on my 2016 macbook pro (i5). The clip is a simple Zoom-recording in a mp4-container.

Whatever I try to do in the Deliver page, Resolve always starts re-encoding the file, taking 1-2 hours for a clip. How to simply export/write out the cut clip?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Sadly, that is a must, you can't just "cut out" a part wihtout reeconding. It is possible to sometimes stitch together parts with tools like ffmpeg, but besides that, you'll always have to reencode.  
> **username_0**: Thank you, I'm moving to LosslessCut  

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