Are you a penny-pinching upcoming musician like me, that wants to learn how to play the piano without paying a single cent?
Great this repo has you covered!
Simply find any synthesia style video-tutorial on youtube and copy the link.
Now run the script and there you go! You have a semi-beautiful midi file to further convert to sheet music or anything you'd like.
- Automatically extracts the key positions
- Only a link to the video is required
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt>> python youtube_midify.py --help
Usage: youtube_midify.py <youtube-url> -o <outputfile = out.mid> -s <start_in_seconds = 0> -e <end_in_seconds = -1> -t <activation_threshold = 30> -k <proportional_keyboard_height_from_top = 0.88>
>> python youtube_midify.py https://youtu.be/HNPZ6KuJZYk
Downloading video...
Detected 88 keys.
Recognized key 39 as middle C.
Saved as out.mid.from youtube_midify import convert
convert("https://youtu.be/HNPZ6KuJZYk", output = "out.mid", start = 0, end = -1, keyboard_height = 0.85, threshold = 30)
This is a preview of the generated midi file.
I am not responsible for any psychological damage that may occur upon taking a look at the source code.
INSPECT AT YOUR OWN RISK