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Free Online Video Editor: Trim, Cut, Merge and Export With No Watermark
Edit videos right in your browser with a multi-track timeline. Trim and split clips, merge videos, crop and resize for any platform, add text, music, transitions, filters and green-screen effects, then export MP4, WebM or MOV up to 4K. Your files are processed on your device and are never uploaded.
- 100% free, no limits
- No watermark
- No sign up or install
- Files stay on your device
By Entertainment Couch · Updated
Online video editorMulti-track timeline · real-time preview · export up to 4K · autosaves on this device
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What is this free online video editor?
It is a free browser-based video editor from Entertainment Couch that lets you trim, cut, merge, crop, resize and enhance videos and export them as MP4, WebM, MOV or MKV without a watermark, an account or a software install. All decoding, effects and encoding run locally in your browser using WebCodecs, WebGL and Web Audio, so your videos are never uploaded to a server.
At a glance
| Price | Free. No paid tier, no export limits, no watermark. |
|---|---|
| Account | None. No sign-up, email or download. |
| Privacy | Files are processed on your device. Nothing is uploaded. |
| Import | MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV and MPEG-TS video; MP3, WAV, M4A/AAC, OGG/Opus and FLAC audio; PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF (first frame), AVIF and SVG images. Codecs depend on your browser. |
| Export | MP4 (H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9), WebM (VP9, AV1, VP8), MOV (H.264, HEVC), MKV; audio-only WAV, MP3, M4A, OGG. |
| Resolution | 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 4K when your device's encoder supports it. 24 to 60 fps. |
| Formats for social | Presets for YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels and feed, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn and X. |
| Works on | Current Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone and iPad. Desktop is best for long or 4K projects. |
| Saving | Autosaves your project and media in this browser; save a portable project file anytime. |
| Made by | Entertainment Couch. Last updated 26 October 2026. |
How to edit a video online in 5 steps
Add your clips, arrange them on the timeline, cut and adjust them, add text, music and transitions, then press Export and download the finished video. Everything happens in the browser tab, and the export has no watermark.
- 1
Add media
Drop videos, music and images onto the editor or press Add media.
- 2
Arrange and cut
Drag clips on the timeline, press S to split at the playhead, drag clip edges to trim and press Delete to remove parts.
- 3
Style it
Select a clip to crop, rotate, change speed, color-correct, remove a green screen, animate with keyframes or add a transition.
- 4
Add text and sound
Add titles, captions, stickers, music or a voice-over and adjust the volume and fades.
Step 5: Export. Press Export, pick a preset such as YouTube or TikTok or set format, resolution, frame rate and quality yourself, and download the file. The editor re-opens the file afterwards to check it plays.
Video editing features
Everything below works in the export, not only in the preview: the same rendering engine draws the preview and every exported frame.
Multi-track timeline
Unlimited video and audio tracks with drag-and-drop, zoom, markers, waveforms, filmstrip thumbnails, track mute, solo, hide and lock.
Crop, rotate, flip and resize
Crop on the canvas or with sliders, rotate to any angle, flip, reposition and scale. Switch between 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:5, 21:9, 4:3 or a custom size, with blurred or solid background fill.
Speed and reverse
From 0.1× slow motion to 16× fast motion with pitch-preserving audio, and true reverse playback of video and sound.
Transitions
18 transitions including dissolve, fade through black or white, wipes, slides, pushes, zooms, circle and diamond reveals and blur dissolve, with adjustable length.
Filters and color correction
Exposure, brightness, contrast, gamma, saturation, vibrance, temperature, tint, hue, sharpen, blur, vignette, grain, sepia and black and white, plus 11 one-click looks.
Text, titles and captions
Styled titles, lower thirds and captions with outline, shadow, background box and entrance animations such as fade, slide, pop and typewriter. Import or export SRT and VTT subtitles.
Audio editing
Add music and sound effects, record voice-overs, adjust and keyframe volume, fade in and out, detach audio from video, and export the soundtrack on its own.
Overlays and green screen
Layer videos, logos, images, shapes and stickers, create picture-in-picture, use blend modes, and remove green or blue backgrounds with chroma key and spill suppression.
Keyframe animation
Animate position, scale, rotation, opacity, volume and color settings over time with linear, eased or hold keyframes.
Smart editing tools
Automatic scene-cut detection, silence removal, split-every-N-seconds, camera-shake stabilization and auto captions with an on-device speech model.
Audio enhancement
Noise reduction, loudness normalization to −14 LUFS (measured with ITU-R BS.1770) and a voice clarity chain with EQ and compression.
Frame capture and thumbnails
Save any frame as PNG, JPEG or WebP, make a YouTube thumbnail with a title, or extract frames at an interval into a ZIP.
Before and after
Drag a split line across the preview to compare the original footage with your color grade and effects.
Supported formats and export settings
The editor reads files with a built-in demuxer and decodes them with your browser's hardware-accelerated WebCodecs decoders. If a codec is not supported by your browser (for example HEVC on some Windows or Linux setups), the editor tells you right away instead of failing later.
| Export format | Video codecs | Audio | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| MP4 | H.264, HEVC, AV1, VP9 | AAC (Opus optional) | Phones, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, almost every player. |
| WebM | VP9, AV1, VP8 | Opus | Websites and browsers; small files. |
| MOV | H.264, HEVC | AAC or PCM | QuickTime, Final Cut Pro, iMovie. |
| MKV | H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1 | Opus, AAC, FLAC | Archiving and desktop players such as VLC. |
| Audio only | — | WAV, MP3, M4A (AAC), OGG (Opus) | Extracting music or voice from a video. |
Social media export presets
| Platform | Aspect ratio | Size | Video bitrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | 16:9 | 1920×1080, 30 fps | 12 Mbps |
| YouTube Shorts | 9:16 | 1080×1920, 30 fps | 10 Mbps |
| Instagram Reels / TikTok | 9:16 | 1080×1920, 30 fps | 8 Mbps |
| Instagram feed | 4:5 | 1080×1350, 30 fps | 8 Mbps |
| Facebook / LinkedIn | 16:9 | 1920×1080, 30 fps | 8 Mbps |
| X (Twitter) | 16:9 | 1280×720, 30 fps | 5 Mbps |
Platform limits change. If a platform re-compresses your upload heavily, export at a higher bitrate and resolution than its minimum.
Choosing export settings
- Resolution: match your source. Upscaling 720p footage to 4K makes a bigger file, not a sharper one.
- Frame rate: keep the frame rate you filmed at (usually 30 or 60 fps; 24 fps for a film look; 25 or 50 fps for PAL regions).
- Quality: “High” suits uploads. “Small file” is good for messaging apps and email. The size estimate updates as you change settings.
- Compression: to make a video smaller, export at a lower resolution or the “Small file” quality, or pick HEVC or AV1 if your device can encode them.
Private by design: how local video editing works
When you open a file, the editor reads it directly from your disk through the browser. Frames are decoded with the WebCodecs API, effects and transitions are drawn with WebGL on your graphics chip, audio is mixed with the Web Audio API, and the final file is encoded and packaged in the same tab. No video, audio or image data is sent to Entertainment Couch or anyone else.
So that you can continue later, the project and a copy of your media are kept in your browser's own storage (IndexedDB) on this device. You can delete saved projects from Project → Open saved projects, or clear the site's data in your browser settings.
The only optional download is the open-source Whisper speech model used for auto captions. It is fetched from Hugging Face the first time you ask for captions, after you confirm, and then cached. Your audio is transcribed on your device.
Limitations to know about
We prefer to be clear about what browser editing can and cannot do today.
- Codec support depends on your browser. HEVC (H.265) files open only where the browser can decode them, and AVI, WMV and FLV are not supported. Convert those to MP4 first.
- Background tools. Background removal works with green or blue screens (chroma key) and blurred or solid fills. There is no AI person cut-out for ordinary backgrounds.
- Stabilization corrects side-to-side and up-and-down shake with a small zoom. It does not correct rotation or rolling-shutter wobble.
- Variable speed is set per clip. For a speed ramp, split the clip and give each part its own speed.
- Auto captions need a one-time model download (about 45 to 85 MB) and can take roughly as long as the video on an average laptop. Always review the text.
- Memory. Phones and tablets have less memory. For long or 4K projects use a desktop browser and turn on “Write straight to a file on disk” in the export options where available.
- HDR footage is shown and exported in standard dynamic range.
- Export speed depends on your device. With hardware encoding, 1080p usually renders faster than real time on a recent laptop; older phones can be slower than real time.
Troubleshooting
My video will not open
The editor names the codec it could not decode. Most phone and camera videos are H.264 or HEVC in MP4 or MOV. If your browser cannot decode HEVC, try Chrome or Edge with hardware acceleration on, Safari on a Mac or iPhone, or convert the file to H.264 MP4.
Export fails or stops
Open Advanced in the export panel and choose “Prefer CPU”, pick a lower resolution, or try another codec. Close other heavy tabs to free memory. If hardware encoding fails, the editor automatically retries once with software encoding.
The preview stutters
Set the preview quality (next to the volume control) to Fast. The export is always rendered at full quality, frame by frame, so preview stutter never affects the final file.
Sound is out of sync in the preview
Bluetooth headphones add delay. The editor compensates using the latency your browser reports; exported files are aligned to the exact audio sample.
My project disappeared
Projects are stored in this browser on this device. Private or incognito windows delete storage when closed. Use Project → Save project file to keep a portable copy.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Keys | Action |
|---|---|
| Space | Play or pause |
| ← → | Previous or next frame (hold Shift for 1 second) |
| S or Ctrl+B | Split at the playhead |
| Delete / Shift+Delete | Delete / ripple delete the selected clips |
| Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z | Undo / redo |
| Ctrl+D, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V | Duplicate, copy, paste |
| M, I, O | Add marker, set export in and out points |
| + − | Zoom the timeline |
| Ctrl+E | Open export |
On a Mac use ⌘ in place of Ctrl. Press ? in the editor for the full list.
Video editing terms explained
- Timeline
- The strip at the bottom where clips are placed in order. Tracks higher up are drawn on top of lower ones.
- Trim
- Shortening a clip by moving its start or end edge without deleting the source footage.
- Split
- Cutting one clip into two at the playhead so parts can be moved, deleted or styled separately.
- Ripple delete
- Deleting a clip and closing the gap it leaves by moving later clips left.
- Keyframe
- A saved value at a point in time. The editor blends between keyframes to animate a setting.
- Chroma key
- Making one color, usually green, transparent so a background can be replaced.
- Codec
- The method used to compress video or audio, such as H.264, HEVC, VP9, AV1, AAC or Opus.
- Container
- The file type that holds the video and audio streams together, such as MP4, WebM, MOV or MKV.
- Bitrate
- How much data per second the video uses. Higher bitrate means better quality and a larger file.
- LUFS
- Loudness Units relative to Full Scale, the standard way streaming platforms measure perceived loudness.
Frequently asked questions
Search, or pick a topic: pricing, how to edit, formats, export, privacy and help.
General
Is this online video editor really free?
Yes. Every feature and every export is free, with no paid tier, no daily limit, no length limit and no watermark. There is nothing to unlock.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
No. Open the page and start editing. There is no account, email, extension or app to install. The editor runs in your web browser.
Does the exported video have a watermark?
No. Exports contain only your own footage, text and graphics. No logo or watermark is ever added.
Is there a limit on video length or file size?
There is no artificial limit. The practical limit is your device: browsers can open files up to about 8 GB, and long 4K projects need plenty of memory. On a laptop, projects of an hour or more at 1080p work well.
Can I use it on my phone or tablet?
Yes. On phones the editor switches to a vertical layout with a touch timeline and panels that slide up from the bottom. Tap a clip to select it, then drag it to move or drag its edges to trim. Pinch the timeline to zoom.
Which browsers are supported?
Current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iPhone and iPad. The editor checks what your browser can decode and encode and only offers formats that will work.
How to edit
How do I trim a video?
Select the clip on the timeline and drag its left or right edge. The preview shows the exact frame at the edge while you drag. Hold Alt to turn off snapping for fine adjustments.
How do I cut out a part in the middle of a video?
Move the playhead to the start of the part and press S to split, move to the end and press S again, select the middle piece and press Delete. Use Shift+Delete (ripple delete) to close the gap automatically.
How do I merge several videos into one?
Add all the videos, drag them next to each other on the same track in the order you want, optionally add transitions between them, and export. The result is a single file.
How do I crop a video or change it to vertical 9:16?
Click the empty timeline area to see Project settings and pick 9:16. Then select the clip and use Transform: choose Fill to cover the frame, drag the clip to reposition it, or use Crop on canvas for a precise crop. Background fill adds a blurred copy behind clips that do not fill the frame.
How do I speed up, slow down or reverse a clip?
Select the clip, open the Edit tab and pick a speed from 0.25× to 4× or type any value from 0.1× to 16×. Turn on Reverse to play it backwards. Keep voice pitch stops voices sounding higher or lower.
How do I add text, titles or captions?
Open the Text panel and click a style. The text appears at the playhead on a track above your video. Edit the words, font, color, outline and animation on the right, and drag it on the preview to place it.
How do I add music or a voice-over?
Open the Audio panel and add a music file or press Record voice-over. Music goes on an audio track; drag it to line it up, lower its Volume and add a fade out at the end.
How do keyframes work?
Move the playhead to where an animation should start and press the diamond next to a setting such as Scale or Position. Move the playhead, change the value, and a second keyframe is added. The editor blends smoothly between them.
How do I remove a green screen background?
Put the background video or image on the lower track and the green-screen clip on a track above. Select the green-screen clip, open Effects and turn on Remove background color. Use Pick color from preview for best results, then adjust Similarity and Edge softness.
Can I undo mistakes?
Yes. Press Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on Mac) to undo and Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo, up to 150 steps. The undo button shows what will be undone.
Formats
Which video formats can I open?
MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV and MPEG-TS with H.264, HEVC (where the browser supports it), VP8, VP9 and AV1 video. Audio files: MP3, WAV, M4A/AAC, OGG/Opus and FLAC. Images: PNG, JPG, WebP, GIF, AVIF and SVG. AVI, WMV and FLV are not supported.
Can I convert MOV to MP4 or MP4 to WebM?
Yes. Add the file to the timeline and export it in the format you want. You can also change resolution, frame rate and quality at the same time.
Why does my iPhone video not open?
iPhones record in HEVC by default. Safari and most Mac and recent Windows browsers decode HEVC with hardware support, but some systems cannot. If the editor reports that HEVC is unsupported, open the page in Safari or Edge, or set your iPhone camera to Most Compatible.
Does it keep the original quality?
At “High” or “Maximum” quality and the same resolution and frame rate as your source, the result is visually lossless for most footage. Every export is re-encoded, so choose a bitrate at least as high as the source for archiving.
Export
How do I export for YouTube, TikTok or Instagram?
Press Export and choose a preset such as YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels or TikTok. It sets resolution, frame rate and bitrate. If your project has a different shape, the panel offers to switch it to the right aspect ratio.
Can I export in 4K?
Yes, if your device’s video encoder supports 4K, which most recent computers and phones do. The export panel only enables resolutions your browser can encode. 4K needs more memory and time.
How long does exporting take?
It depends on your device, the resolution and the effects used. The export panel shows frames per second and the time remaining. With hardware encoding a recent laptop typically exports 1080p faster than real time.
Can I cancel an export?
Yes. Press Cancel export at any time. Your project is not affected, and you can change settings and export again.
How do I make the file smaller?
Choose “Small file” quality, a lower resolution such as 720p, or the HEVC or AV1 codec if offered. The estimated size updates as you change settings.
How do I extract the audio from a video?
Press Export, choose Audio only and pick WAV, MP3, M4A or OGG. To save the sound of a single clip, select it and use Extract audio in the Edit tab.
Is the exported file checked?
Yes. After export the editor re-opens the file, checks the container, tracks, resolution, frame count and duration, decodes the first and last frames and confirms your browser can play it, then shows the results.
Privacy
Are my videos uploaded to a server?
No. Files are read, edited and encoded inside your browser on your own device. Entertainment Couch never receives your videos, audio or images.
Where are my projects saved?
In your browser’s private storage on this device, so you can close the tab and continue later. Use Project → Save project file to back up or move a project to another computer.
What happens with auto captions?
After you confirm, the editor downloads the open-source Whisper speech model from Hugging Face once and caches it. Transcription then runs locally; your audio is not sent anywhere.
Help
Why is the preview not smooth?
The preview plays in real time and may skip frames on slower devices or with many layers. Set preview quality to Fast. The export always renders every frame at full quality.
Why does the export fail?
Usually memory or an encoder limit. Try a lower resolution, another codec, or “Prefer CPU” under Advanced. The editor automatically retries once with software encoding if the hardware encoder fails.
Can I work on a project on another device?
Yes. Save a project file (.vep) with media included, then open it on the other device with Project → Open project file.
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