diff --git a/lib/extract-video-frames.js b/lib/extract-video-frames.js
index ff47efe..3b8a446 100644
--- a/lib/extract-video-frames.js
+++ b/lib/extract-video-frames.js
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ module.exports = (opts) => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     const cmd = ffmpeg(videoPath)
 
-    if (seek) cmd.seek(seek / 1000)
+    // https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Seeking
+    //  input seek has been frame-accurate since 2.1.0 (Released 2013-10-28)
+    if (seek) cmd.seekInput(seek / 1000)
     if (duration) cmd.setDuration(duration / 1000)
 
     cmd
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index eca2aaa..d47db40 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ module.exports = async (opts) => {
     transition = undefined,
     transitions = undefined,
     audio = undefined,
-    videos,
     output,
     tempDir
   } = opts
 
+  const videos = opts.videos.map(v => typeof v === 'string' ? { video: v } : v)
+
   const temp = tempDir || tempy.directory()
 
   console.time(`ffmpeg-concat`)
diff --git a/lib/index.test.js b/lib/index.test.js
index fc4f965..843ae9c 100644
--- a/lib/index.test.js
+++ b/lib/index.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const videos = [
   path.join(fixturesPath, '1.mp4'),
   path.join(fixturesPath, '2.mp4')
 ]
+const cleanupFrames = process.env.CLEANUP_FRAMES !== '0'
 
 test('concat 3 mp4s with using constant 500ms transitions', async (t) => {
   const output = tempy.file({ extension: 'mp4' })
@@ -33,7 +34,41 @@ test('concat 3 mp4s with using constant 500ms transitions', async (t) => {
   t.truthy(probe.duration >= 10500)
   t.truthy(probe.duration <= 11500)
 
-  await rmfr(output)
+  if (cleanupFrames) {
+    await rmfr(output)
+  }
+})
+
+test('concat 3 trimmed mp4s with using constant 500ms transitions', async (t) => {
+  const output = tempy.file({ extension: '.trimmed.mp4' })
+  await concat({
+    log: console.log,
+    output,
+    videos: [
+      videos[0],
+      {
+        video: videos[1],
+        start: 1000,
+        duration: 2000
+      },
+      videos[2]
+    ],
+    transition: {
+      name: 'directionalwipe',
+      duration: 500
+    }
+  })
+
+  // expected duration = 4 + 2 + 4 (=10) - 500 - 500 = 9
+
+  const probe = await ffmpegProbe(output)
+  t.is(probe.width, 640)
+  t.is(probe.height, 360)
+  assertBetween(t, probe.duration, 8900, 9100)
+
+  if (cleanupFrames) {
+    await rmfr(output)
+  }
 })
 
 test('concat 9 mp4s with unique transitions', async (t) => {
@@ -84,5 +119,12 @@ test('concat 9 mp4s with unique transitions', async (t) => {
   t.truthy(probe.duration >= 27000)
   t.truthy(probe.duration <= 28000)
 
-  await rmfr(output)
+  if (cleanupFrames) {
+    await rmfr(output)
+  }
 })
+
+function assertBetween (t, actualValue, expectedMinimum, expectedMaximum) {
+  t.truthy(actualValue >= expectedMinimum, `expected '${actualValue}' to be between '${expectedMinimum}' and '${expectedMaximum}'`)
+  t.truthy(actualValue <= expectedMaximum, `expected '${actualValue}' to be between '${expectedMinimum}' and '${expectedMaximum}'`)
+}
diff --git a/lib/init-frames.js b/lib/init-frames.js
index 16159ba..c1974eb 100644
--- a/lib/init-frames.js
+++ b/lib/init-frames.js
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ module.exports = async (opts) => {
     const scene = scenes[i]
     const next = scenes[i + 1]
 
-    scene.trimStart = (prev ? prev.transition.duration : 0)
+    scene.trimStart = (prev ? prev.transition.duration : 0) + scene.start
 
     // sanitize transition durations to never be longer than scene durations
-    scene.transition.duration = Math.max(0, Math.min(scene.transition.duration, scene.duration - scene.trimStart))
+    scene.transition.duration = Math.max(0, Math.min(scene.transition.duration, scene.duration - (prev ? prev.transition.duration : 0)))
 
     if (next) {
       scene.transition.duration = Math.min(scene.transition.duration, next.duration)
     }
 
-    scene.trimEnd = scene.duration - (next ? scene.transition.duration : 0)
+    scene.trimEnd = scene.start + scene.duration - (next ? scene.transition.duration : 0)
     scene.trimDuration = scene.trimEnd - scene.trimStart
 
     if (next) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = async (opts) => {
         frameFormat,
         outputDir,
         videoPath: next.video,
-        seek: 0,
+        seek: next.start || 0,
         duration: scene.transition.duration,
         fps
       })
@@ -119,16 +119,18 @@ module.exports.initScene = async (opts) => {
   } = opts
 
   const video = videos[index]
-  const probe = await ffmpegProbe(video)
+  const probe = await ffmpegProbe(video.video)
 
   const scene = {
-    video,
+    video: video.video,
     index,
     width: probe.width,
     height: probe.height,
-    duration: probe.duration,
-    fps: probe.fps,
-    numFrames: parseInt(probe.streams[0].nb_frames)
+    start: video.start || 0,
+    duration: video.duration == null
+      ? probe.duration - (video.start == null ? 0 : video.start)
+      : video.duration,
+    fps: probe.fps
   }
 
   const t = (transitions ? transitions[index] : transition)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index bbc46d6..0a9709a 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ await concat({
 })
 ```
 
+```js
+const concat = require('ffmpeg-concat')
+
+// concat 3 mp4s together taking only the middle 2 seconds of video 2
+await concat({
+  output: 'test.mp4',
+  videos: [
+    'media/0.mp4',
+    { video: 'media/1.mp4', start: 1000, duration: 2000 },
+    'media/2.mp4'
+  ],
+  transition: {
+    name: 'directionalWipe',
+    duration: 500
+  }
+})
+```
+
 ```js
 // concat 5 mp4s together using 4 different transitions
 await concat({