<p>Move the timeline slider to the start point you want and set the Mark In point. The Mark In/Out buttons are to the left of the frame count display at the bottom.</p>

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2015-12-15T18:21:10.183Z
`Mark in point`? Whatever. I have realized that what I need is called `to cut a video` and this is done using [Edit -> Set selection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldu61L32N2w&feature=youtu.be&t=70).
Valentin Tihomirov
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2015-12-15T18:06:47.770Z
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<p>It seems the simplest thing you can do with video -- crop space or time dimensions. There is a video how to crop the spacial dimensions (although null transform filter does not seem to crop the selected region for me). Now, I want to drop first n seconds of my video. How do I do that with the notorious editor?</p>

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2015-12-18T12:41:17.783Z
Cut and trim are the common terms for temporal cropping.
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How do I drop certain amount of seconds in VirtualDub?
Valentin Tihomirov
# How do I drop certain amount of seconds in VirtualDub?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-15)

It seems the simplest thing you can do with video -- crop space or time dimensions. There is a video how to crop the spacial dimensions (although null transform filter does not seem to crop the selected region for me). Now, I want to drop first n seconds of my video. How do I do that with the notorious editor?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Cut and trim are the common terms for temporal cropping.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-12-15. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

Move the timeline slider to the start point you want and set the Mark In point. The Mark In/Out buttons are to the left of the frame count display at the bottom.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: `Mark in point`? Whatever. I have realized that what I need is called `to cut a video` and this is done using [Edit -> Set selection](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldu61L32N2w&feature=youtu.be&t=70).  

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