How to Cut Videos on Xiaomi Phone: From Basic Tools to Professional Tricks

Cutting videos on Xiaomi smartphones is a challenge that every user sooner or later faces: Want to remove excess footage from a video, cut ads or shorten the duration of posting on social networks? In this article, we will examine all possible ways, from built-in MIUI tools to professional applications that will turn your Redmi or POCO into a mini-editing studio.

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If you've never done any editing, don't worry: the first two methods don't require any additional software installation. For experienced users, we've prepared a section with advanced tools, including original-quality trimming and 4K and 60 FPS formats.

1. Cutting video through the standard MIUI editor

The fastest way to crop video on Xiaomi is to use the built-in Gallery Editor, which is available on all devices with MIUI 10 and later firmware, including the POCO X3, Redmi Note 11 and Xiaomi 12T. The main advantage of the method is that you do not need to download anything, and the video quality after cropping remains at the original level (if you set it right).

To get started:

1. Open the Gallery app (an icon with a floral logo).
2. Find the right video and tap it to play.
3. In the lower menu, click on the Edit icon** (scissors or pencil).
4. Select the Cut tab** (may be called Trimmer on some models).

The editor interface is intuitive: at the bottom, you'll see a timeline with two sliders (the beginning and the end of the trimming). Drag them to highlight the desired snippet. On models with MIUI 13+, you can preview — just swipe your finger on the scale to see the frame at the selected point.

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After you set up the snippet, click Save (or Ready → Save as a New File) and the video will be processed within seconds. Note that older models (e.g. Redmi 6) may be warned of potential quality declines when trimming long rollers (>5 minutes), in which case it is better to use alternative methods from the following sections.

⚠️ Note: On certain devices (e.g, POCO M3 s MIUI 12.5) The standard editor automatically converts the video to the format MP4 10 Mbps bitrate, even if the original was in HEVC (H.265). This can increase the size of the file.

Pruning through the Camera app (hidden function)

Few people know, but the Camera app on Xiaomi has a hidden tool for quick clipping of video without loss of quality, which works even on devices where the editor in the Gallery is absent (for example, on some versions of MIUI for the European market), the main condition is that the video must be shot with this camera, and not downloaded from other sources.

Instructions:

• 📷 Open the Camera app and go to the Video (or Profile) section → My videos on new models).
• 🎬 Select the desired video and click on the “Edit” icon** (pencil in the lower right corner).
• ✂️ In the menu that opens, tap on “Cut”** (sometimes hidden under the “More” button»).
• 🔄 Adjust the sliders and save the result.

The advantage of this method is to save all metadata (date of shooting, geotagged, camera parameters), but there are limitations: for example, you can not crop video imported from other devices or downloaded from the Internet. A2 With Android, this feature may not be available.

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If you trim the video and you twitch when you play it, try turning on the option "Optimize for the Web" in your save settings, and this will remove the artifacts by slightly lowering the bitrate.

3. Professional pruning in CapCut (free and watermarked)

If Xiaomi’s built-in tools don’t suit you, the best free solution is the TikTok developer’s CapCut app, which supports all modern formats (including 4K 60FPS and HDR), allows you to crop video to frame accuracy, and offers additional features: music overlay, transitions, color correction.

Install CapCut from Google Play (or GetApps for Chinese firmware) and follow the steps:

1. Press the scissors ("Separate") for precise trimming or use Trimmer to remove excess parts.

CapCut automatically optimizes videos for social networks: you can choose 9:16 (for TikTok/Reels), 16:9 (for YouTube) or 1:1 (for Instagram), while the application does not impose watermarks and does not limit the duration of videos (unlike InShot or VivaVideo).

⚠️ Attention: On devices with MIUI 14 and with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor (e.g. Xiaomi 13 Pro), CapCut can use hardware acceleration for rendering, which reduces processing time by 2-3 times. To enable this feature, go to Settings → Productivity → Hardware acceleration.

4. Cutting video on Xiaomi via PC (for large files)

If you need to crop video longer than 30 minutes or weighing more than 2 GB, it is better to transfer the file to your computer. This is true for owners of Xiaomi smartphones with a large amount of memory (for example, Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 512GB), which shoot video in 4K or 8K.

• 🪛 Shotcut (free, supportive) HEVC and ProRes).
• 🎬 OpenShot (Simple Interface, Export to the Internet) 4K HDR).
• 💻 VLC Media Player (built-in cropping, but without preview).

The fastest way to do this is to use VLC:

1. Connect Xiaomi to your PC via a USB-C cable and copy the video.
2. Open the file in VLC, click View → Additional controls.
3. Go to Tools → Effects and filters → The “Pruning” tab.
4. Specify the starting and ending points, then save as a new file.

For professional editing, we recommend Shotcut. It supports color correction, overlay tracks and export in 10-bit, which is important for video with Xiaomi 13 Ultra (Leica camera shoots in Dolby Vision). The only drawback is that you will need a PC with a processor no weaker than Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 to render large files.

5. Cutting video through ADB (for power users)

This method is suitable for those who like to “dig” in the system settings, with the help of ADB (Android Debug Bridge), you can crop video directly on a device without a graphical interface, this is true for Xiaomi owners with root rights or custom firmware (for example, LineageOS).

You will need to:

• 🖥️ Computer with installed ADB-driver.
• 📱 Included debugging by USB on a smartphone (Settings) → The phone. → Version. MIUI → 7 times tap to unlock the developer mode).
• 📂 FFmpeg (can be installed via adb pull).

Video clipping command (replace the ways and times with your own):

adb shell ffmpeg -i /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/video.mp4 -ss 00:00:10 -to 00:00:30 -c copy /sdcard/Download/cut_video.mp4

Where:

• -ss 00:00:10 - the beginning of pruning (10 seconds).
• -to 00:00:30 - end of pruning (30 seconds).
• -c copy - copying without transcoding (preserves quality).

This is the fastest way (processing takes seconds), but requires knowledge of the command line. A syntax error can lead to file loss, so always back up before experimenting.

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6. Cutting video with preservation of quality: secret settings

Many Xiaomi users face a problem: when you trim the video, it loses clarity, artifacts appear, or the sound deteriorates, this is due to automatic transcoding to low bitrate. To avoid quality loss, follow these tips:

• 🔍 In the standard editor MIUI Before saving, click on the icon ⚙️ («Settings") and select "Save in original quality"**.This option is not available on all models, but it is definitely available on Xiaomi. 11T Pro and newer.
• 📊 In CapCut, go to Export Settings → Permission → Original and disable the option Optimize for social networks.

If you’re working with a video shot on Xiaomi 13 Ultra in Dolby Vision format, standard editors don’t support it.

1. Download LumaFusion (paid, but with a trial period).
2. Import videos and select Dolby Vision 8.4 profile.
3. Export to HEVC Main10 with a bitrate of at least 80 Mbps.

⚠️ Note: On devices with a MediaTek processor (for example, Redmi Note 11 Pro) when clipping video in the video 4K This is due to the limitations of the Helio video decoder. G96. The solution is to use a PC or lower the resolution to 1440p.

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For maximum quality, always crop the video in a format identical to the original. For example, if the source is H.265, don't convert it to H.264, which will increase the file size without improving the image.

7. Frequent mistakes and how to avoid them

Even experienced users sometimes make mistakes when cropping videos on Xiaomi, and here are the most common problems and solutions:

If video is not played on other devices after clipping, check it through MediaInfo (media analysis application). Often the problem lies in a non-standard codec - for example, Xiaomi can save video in the video. MPEG-4 Part 2, which is not supported by some players. The solution is to convert the file to H.264 via HandBrake.

Another common mistake is cropping a variable bitrate (VBR) video, in which case the final file may “suppress” when playing, and to avoid this, check the video properties in the MX Player before cropping (CBR should be specified).

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