Instant Video Trimming and Stitching and Associated Methods and Systems

A non-transitory storage medium storing program code for video editing, the program code executable by a hardware processor, the program code when executed by the hardware processor causing the hardware processor to:

• receive a first video file, the first video file comprising a first plurality of labeled video segments and a first playlist, the first playlist comprising a first plurality of segment labels providing an order for playing the first plurality of labeled video segments;
• receive a second video file, the second video file comprising a second plurality of labeled video segments and a second playlist, the second playlist comprising a second plurality of segment labels providing an order for playing the second plurality of labeled video segments,
• wherein each given labeled video segment of the first plurality of labeled video segments and of the second plurality of labeled video segments comprises a plurality of frames and a corresponding plurality of timestamps;
• receive a trim request on the first video file, the trim request comprising a target time range to be removed from the first video file, wherein the target time range starts at a beginning bookend timestamp and ends at an ending bookend timestamp;
• identify a beginning bookend segment and an ending bookend segment of the first video file from the first plurality of labeled video segments, based on the beginning bookend timestamp and the ending bookend timestamp;
• execute the trim request on the first video file by processing one of the beginning bookend segment and the ending bookend segment based on the target time range to be removed from the first video file and generating a modified first playlist,
• receive a stitch request, the stitch request comprising the trimmed first video file and the second video file;
• and
• execute the stitch request by generating a combined playlist for a combined video file, wherein the program code to generate the combined playlist comprises program code to append the second playlist to the modified first playlist.