Minimalism at its finest...

[Kruzen]

Command line video editing, courtesy of ffmpeg for windows and python25 ;)

each ripped dvd/avi is paired with a text file containing time codes for each movie (which are pre-determined scenes to be edited out).

The python script reads through the text file, looks for the AVI file with a matching name, and then runs an ffmpeg command line which grabs that section of the AVI and re-encodes it as its own AVI file. Easy peasy japanesie. hours saved? ~20 on this portion of the project, roughly 60 hours total by the time i'm done. Much much easier than manually cutting each scene out using premiere, etc.

[///Mayhew]

wow you just confused the hell out of me. I am computer retarded.

[cferb]

wow you just confused the hell out of me. I am computer retarded.

+1, I wouldn't call myself computer retarded, but, I didn't understand a word of that

[JGood]

hahaha i like how your cpu has been pegged at 100% usage for who knows how long. So, why are you trying to get certain clips out of the movies? Or did I misunderstand what you are doing?

[Farbin Kaiber]

Sandlot. L7 Weenie. I could not figure what you could be cutting out of that random list of films.

[Jon325i]

Do I understand what he's doing? Yes.

Do I know how to do what he's doing? Hell no.

Good job man :up:

Jon

[Kruzen]

hahaha i like how your cpu has been pegged at 100% usage for who knows how long. So, why are you trying to get certain clips out of the movies? Or did I misunderstand what you are doing?

I'm cutting out clips from movies which obey the Fair Use requirements for educational media editing. Basically i'm compiling a dvd for teachers to use in the classroom to supplement some material they have. The dvd contains small clips from different movies to enforce different characteristics or values or some bullshit, so this saves them time from seeking to scenes on a bunch of dvd's. I haven't the damndest idea why they picked these clips, but these are the movies and clips i've been given.

[Jean]

Lol at ffmpeg :) I don't know how to use python, don't you still have to find the start/end times for the scenes you want to cut out ? Are you inputting them in python or something ?

[Kruzen]

Lol at ffmpeg :) I don't know how to use python, don't you still have to find the start/end times for the scenes you want to cut out ? Are you inputting them in python or something ?

Python is a programming language :) And I didn't have to find the start/end times, they were given to me (this is for my job).

This is what makes up 'cutme.py' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_...ng_language%29 fo more information about python. Its just a short script that will pull the timecodes from the text files, look for a avi matched with the same name, and then pull those scenes, reincode them and save them as a new avi in the directory.

import os.path

import subprocess

import sys



def timecode_to_sec(tc):

    """

    >>> timecode_to_sec('10') == 10

    True



    >>> timecode_to_sec('3:10') == 190

    True



    >>> timecode_to_sec('1:10:10') == 4210

    True

    """

    result = 0

    values = tc.split(':')

    values.reverse()



    for i in range(0, len(values)):

        result += int(values[i]) * (60 ** i)



    return result



def run():

    file = open(sys.argv[1])

    clips = []



    for line in file:

        if line.strip() == '':

            continue



        clips.append(line.split(' ', 1))



    file.close()



    # this is stupid but i'm lazy

    input_file = os.path.splitext(sys.argv[1])[0] + '.avi'

    input_filename = os.path.splitext(input_file)



    for clip in clips:

        duration = timecode_to_sec(clip[1]) - timecode_to_sec(clip[0])

        args = {

            'seek': timecode_to_sec(clip[0]),

            'duration': duration,

            'input': input_file,

            'output': '%s_%s-%s%s' % (input_filename[0],

                                      clip[0].replace(':', '_').strip(),

                                      clip[1].replace(':', '_').strip(),

                                      input_filename[1])

        }



        cmd = 'ffmpeg -sameq -ss %(seek)s -t %(duration)d -i %(input)s -async 2 %(output)s' % args

        subprocess.call(cmd)



if __name__ == '__main__':

    import doctest

    doctest.testmod()

    run()

[equate975]

Yeah I understand it, but I didn't understand why until you posted its for class.

FYI, the little line in the top right corner lets you "minimize" them all ;)

[schmidty]

# this is stupid but i'm lazy

haha, best comment ever

[Jordan325iC]

I love python.

[delatlanta1281]

Ummmmmmmm
I don't like what you're doing.
I don't understand it therefore I fear it and must come kill you.
sorry

[george graves]

You need dual monitors....

[Kruzen]

You need dual monitors....

Meh, at home its a 22" CRT, my desk is too small for two :(

Here at work though is a 24" widescreen dell which suffices.