Trim Media

The Trim Media block cuts an audio or video file to a defined segment, taking an input URL pointing to the source media and producing a trimmed version saved to a destination variable. You can specify where the trim begins using a start time in seconds and optionally define a duration to control where it ends — if no duration is provided, the clip runs to the end of the source file. The output URL of the trimmed media is stored in the variable you designate via the destinationVar field.

Key configuration options include the start parameter, which accepts either a number or a string representing seconds, and the duration parameter, which determines the length of the output clip. There is also an intermediateAsset flag: when set to true, the resulting file is created but kept hidden from the gallery, which is useful when the trimmed clip is an intermediate step rather than a final deliverable.

This block fits into workflows that involve processing recorded audio or video before further use — for example, extracting a relevant segment from a longer recording, preparing a clip for transcription, or isolating a portion of media before passing it to another editing or analysis block. It is suited for any pipeline where media needs to be scoped to a specific time range before downstream processing.