How to mark the end of the video in the timeline

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I have a five minute video. but it shows as being one hour +. I have looked through the timeline for clips that somehow were inserted between those points. I found a few and deleted them all but still the length shows as 1:11. So when I export it takes a very long time to create the video. How do I identify the endpoint so that the export is for only the five minute length?

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Pressing the End key on your keyboard will move the playhead to the very end of the timeline.
If the residual clips only have a 1 or 2 frames duration, zoom the timeline to its maximum to make sure you can see them.

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If you are using a laptop that doesn’t have a dedicated End key, according to ChatGPT, you can usually use one of the following alternatives:

  • Function Key Combination (Fn + Arrow Key)
    Many laptops use a function key (usually labeled Fn) combined with an arrow key to perform “End” and other functions:
    Fn + Right Arrow often acts as “End” on many laptops.

  • Shift + Fn + Arrow Key
    Some laptops, especially compact or non-standard keyboards, may require
    Shift + Fn + Right Arrow instead.

If these don’t work, you can use the Skip to the next point button of Shotcut’s player:
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Use that button until you find all the residual clips.

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Thanks for the reply. Keyboard solutions do not work (It’s a Spanish keyboard in a US layout) so I used skip. I found one small point just a few minutes along from my hoped for end point at around 5 min The next stop was at 1hr 12 min. Shouldn’t it refuse to go further than the 5 minute point? On the player it is still showing 1hr 12 min. I started the export and it still seems to be taking quite a long time.

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Hello. Fn does work, actually. There was an itty bit frame at the very end. Removed it and problem solved!

thanks

gary

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