From 87fd921db215d8494c77a1a6e80b07e2361949d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:31:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/20] Recognize verbose in config

---
 manim/default.cfg           |  3 +++
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/manim/default.cfg b/manim/default.cfg
index 9cf64ede13..4cc02531c4 100644
--- a/manim/default.cfg
+++ b/manim/default.cfg
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ show_file_in_finder = False
 # -q, --quiet
 quiet = False
 
+# -v, --verbose
+verbose = 32
+
 # --sound
 sound = False
 
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index bad2a13484..1bfe7c2dc8 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
         [fw_config["save_last_frame"], fw_config["from_animation_number"]]
     )
 
+    # Read in the log level
+    verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
+    fw_config["verbose"] = default.getint("verbose") if verbose is None else verbose
     return fw_config
 
 
@@ -314,6 +317,13 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         "--config_file", help="Specify the configuration file",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v", "--verbose",
+        type=int,
+        help="Verbosity level",
+        metavar="loglevel",
+        choices=[-8, 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56]
+    )
     return parser.parse_args(arg_list)
 
 

From 07512aae8f1b81ed3ad2ca3c8b3a19e5b3806b5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 19:55:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/20] Pass verbose to ffmpeg

---
 manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py | 2 +-
 manim/utils/config_utils.py      | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
index aaea1d2f1f..54f4246f28 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def open_movie_pipe(self):
             '-r', str(fps),  # frames per second
             '-i', '-',  # The imput comes from a pipe
             '-an',  # Tells FFMPEG not to expect any audio
-            '-loglevel', 'error',
+            '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["verbose"]),
         ]
         # TODO, the test for a transparent background should not be based on
         # the file extension.
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 1bfe7c2dc8..d6bb86a80d 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v", "--verbose",
         type=int,
-        help="Verbosity level",
+        help="Verbosity level. Passed on to ffmpeg, the lower the value the quieter the output",
         metavar="loglevel",
         choices=[-8, 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56]
     )

From 48827d5a841177663d060239231cdae55baa366e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:24:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/20] Separate verbosity level of project with ffmpeg
 loglevel

---
 manim/config.py                  |  1 +
 manim/constants.py               |  9 +++++++++
 manim/default.cfg                |  2 +-
 manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py |  6 +++---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py      | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/config.py b/manim/config.py
index 5ab17cabda..360cb1c06f 100644
--- a/manim/config.py
+++ b/manim/config.py
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ def _parse_config(config_parser, args):
 
 
 args, config_parser, file_writer_config, successfully_read_files = _run_config()
+logger.setLevel(file_writer_config["verbose"])  # Set logger level
 if _from_command_line():
     logger.info(f"Read configuration files: {os.path.abspath(successfully_read_files[-1])}")
     _init_dirs(file_writer_config)
diff --git a/manim/constants.py b/manim/constants.py
index e8acf30e61..40ebedd6cd 100644
--- a/manim/constants.py
+++ b/manim/constants.py
@@ -148,3 +148,12 @@ class MyText(Text):
                   if name.endswith("_C")})
 PALETTE = list(COLOR_MAP.values())
 locals().update(COLOR_MAP)
+VERBOSE_CHOICES = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL", "SILENT"]
+VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP = {
+    "DEBUG": 16,
+    "INFO": 16,
+    "WARNING": 16,
+    "ERROR": 16,
+    "CRITICAL": 8,
+    "SILENT": -8,
+}
diff --git a/manim/default.cfg b/manim/default.cfg
index 4cc02531c4..6a1487adad 100644
--- a/manim/default.cfg
+++ b/manim/default.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ show_file_in_finder = False
 quiet = False
 
 # -v, --verbose
-verbose = 32
+verbose = INFO
 
 # --sound
 sound = False
diff --git a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
index 54f4246f28..6cbf53a525 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def open_movie_pipe(self):
             '-r', str(fps),  # frames per second
             '-i', '-',  # The imput comes from a pipe
             '-an',  # Tells FFMPEG not to expect any audio
-            '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["verbose"]),
+            '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["ffmpeg"]),
         ]
         # TODO, the test for a transparent background should not be based on
         # the file extension.
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
             '-f', 'concat',
             '-safe', '0',
             '-i', file_list,
-            '-loglevel', 'error',
+            '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["ffmpeg"]),
         ]
 
         if self.write_to_movie:
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
                 "-map", "0:v:0",
                 # select audio stream from second file
                 "-map", "1:a:0",
-                '-loglevel', 'error',
+                '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["ffmpeg"]),
                 # "-shortest",
                 temp_file_path,
             ]
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index d6bb86a80d..cd21b7b1e7 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -124,7 +124,15 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
 
     # Read in the log level
     verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
-    fw_config["verbose"] = default.getint("verbose") if verbose is None else verbose
+    verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
+    fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
+    if verbose == "SILENT":
+        # SILENT is not a predefined value but by placing it higher then all the others, a quieter logger is set
+        fw_config["verbose"] = 60
+    ffmpeg = getattr(args, "ffmpeg")
+    if ffmpeg is None and default.getint("ffmpeg", None) is not None:
+        ffmpeg = default.getint("ffmpeg")
+    fw_config["ffmpeg"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg is None else ffmpeg
     return fw_config
 
 
@@ -319,10 +327,17 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
 
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v", "--verbose",
+        type=str,
+        help="Verbosity level. Also changes the ffmpeg log level unless the latter is specified",
+        metavar="loglevel",
+        choices=constants.VERBOSE_CHOICES,
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-L", "--ffmpeg",
         type=int,
-        help="Verbosity level. Passed on to ffmpeg, the lower the value the quieter the output",
+        help="Log level for ffmpeg",
         metavar="loglevel",
-        choices=[-8, 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56]
+        choices=[-8, 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56],
     )
     return parser.parse_args(arg_list)
 

From 707395bdea717d815288ebf5809d8b842ec5163e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:59:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/20] !fiuxp remove SILENT in loglevel

---
 manim/constants.py          | 3 +--
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/constants.py b/manim/constants.py
index 40ebedd6cd..ce981915dd 100644
--- a/manim/constants.py
+++ b/manim/constants.py
@@ -148,12 +148,11 @@ class MyText(Text):
                   if name.endswith("_C")})
 PALETTE = list(COLOR_MAP.values())
 locals().update(COLOR_MAP)
-VERBOSE_CHOICES = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL", "SILENT"]
+VERBOSE_CHOICES = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"]
 VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP = {
     "DEBUG": 16,
     "INFO": 16,
     "WARNING": 16,
     "ERROR": 16,
     "CRITICAL": 8,
-    "SILENT": -8,
 }
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index cd21b7b1e7..7be0b6502f 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
-    if verbose == "SILENT":
-        # SILENT is not a predefined value but by placing it higher then all the others, a quieter logger is set
-        fw_config["verbose"] = 60
     ffmpeg = getattr(args, "ffmpeg")
     if ffmpeg is None and default.getint("ffmpeg", None) is not None:
         ffmpeg = default.getint("ffmpeg")

From 4f390362318100a81837c175d17cc93197bcc6ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:19:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/20] Show ouput of open_file_if_needed only on DEBUG

---
 manim/__main__.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/__main__.py b/manim/__main__.py
index fed9b7827a..d452f956e5 100644
--- a/manim/__main__.py
+++ b/manim/__main__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 
 def open_file_if_needed(file_writer):
-    if file_writer_config["quiet"]:
+    if file_writer_config["verbose"] != "DEBUG":
         curr_stdout = sys.stdout
         sys.stdout = open(os.devnull, "w")
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def open_file_if_needed(file_writer):
                 sp.call(commands, stdout=FNULL, stderr=sp.STDOUT)
                 FNULL.close()
 
-    if file_writer_config["quiet"]:
+    if file_writer_config["verbose"] != "DEBUG":
         sys.stdout.close()
         sys.stdout = curr_stdout
 

From 3635ec7730fb756077de3fb31223cda029842140 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:24:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/20] Quiet equivalent to CRITICAL level

---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 7be0b6502f..ee43a0e62c 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     for boolean_opt in [
         "preview",
         "show_file_in_finder",
-        "quiet",
         "sound",
         "leave_progress_bars",
         "write_to_movie",
@@ -123,7 +122,11 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     )
 
     # Read in the log level
+    quiet = getattr(args, "quiet")
+    if not quiet and default.getboolean("quiet", None) is not None:
+        quiet = default.getboolean("quiet")
     verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
+    verbose = "CRITICAL" if verbose is None and quiet else verbose
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
     ffmpeg = getattr(args, "ffmpeg")
@@ -175,9 +178,6 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         const=True,
         help="Show the output file in finder",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-q", "--quiet", action="store_const", const=True, help="Quiet mode",
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--sound",
         action="store_const",
@@ -322,6 +322,11 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         "--config_file", help="Specify the configuration file",
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-q", "--quiet",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Quiet mode. Equivalent to -v CRITICAL. It can be overridden by -v and -L",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v", "--verbose",
         type=str,

From a75611d795dd49f829ece0d64bdac0f15838d540 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:38:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/20] Disable status bar if verbose level not DEBUG/INFO

---
 manim/scene/scene.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manim/scene/scene.py b/manim/scene/scene.py
index da5e2179dd..a9278cebb8 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene.py
@@ -680,10 +680,12 @@ def get_time_progression(self, run_time, n_iterations=None, override_skip_animat
         else:
             step = 1 / self.camera.frame_rate
             times = np.arange(0, run_time, step)
+        disable = file_writer_config["verbose"] not in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]
         time_progression = ProgressDisplay(
             times, total=n_iterations,
             leave=file_writer_config['leave_progress_bars'],
-            ascii=True if platform.system() == 'Windows' else None
+            ascii=True if platform.system() == 'Windows' else None,
+            disable=disable,
         )
         return time_progression
 

From b2bdbe9bfe9cdc0195a56f93391ccb072e3fa231 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 17:14:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/20] Remove comment set logger level

---
 manim/config.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manim/config.py b/manim/config.py
index 360cb1c06f..1efa6da297 100644
--- a/manim/config.py
+++ b/manim/config.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def _parse_config(config_parser, args):
 
 
 args, config_parser, file_writer_config, successfully_read_files = _run_config()
-logger.setLevel(file_writer_config["verbose"])  # Set logger level
+logger.setLevel(file_writer_config["verbose"])
 if _from_command_line():
     logger.info(f"Read configuration files: {os.path.abspath(successfully_read_files[-1])}")
     _init_dirs(file_writer_config)

From eee98747408fc6f3a20d378e14bfaf02a7a3ebf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 20:00:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/20] Add option progress_bar on/off

---
 manim/scene/scene.py        |  2 +-
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manim/scene/scene.py b/manim/scene/scene.py
index a9278cebb8..0e195fc9dc 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene.py
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def get_time_progression(self, run_time, n_iterations=None, override_skip_animat
         else:
             step = 1 / self.camera.frame_rate
             times = np.arange(0, run_time, step)
-        disable = file_writer_config["verbose"] not in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]
+        disable = not file_writer_config["progress_bar"]
         time_progression = ProgressDisplay(
             times, total=n_iterations,
             leave=file_writer_config['leave_progress_bars'],
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index ee43a0e62c..4791ac821d 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -133,6 +133,16 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     if ffmpeg is None and default.getint("ffmpeg", None) is not None:
         ffmpeg = default.getint("ffmpeg")
     fw_config["ffmpeg"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg is None else ffmpeg
+    if verbose in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]:
+        progress_bar_v = True
+    else:
+        progress_bar_v = False
+    progress_bar = getattr(args, "progress_bar")
+    if progress_bar is None:
+        progress_bar = default.get("progress_bar", None)
+    if progress_bar is not None:
+        progress_bar = True if progress_bar == "on" else False
+    fw_config["progress_bar"] = progress_bar_v if progress_bar is None else progress_bar
     return fw_config
 
 
@@ -341,6 +351,13 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         metavar="loglevel",
         choices=[-8, 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56],
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--progress_bar",
+        type=str,
+        help="Display the progress bar",
+        metavar="on/off",
+        choices=["on", "off"],
+    )
     return parser.parse_args(arg_list)
 
 

From 624b6ab38a06af19c7a46459baed243367715e98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:02:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/20] Change ffmpeg loglevel to a string

---
 manim/constants.py               | 10 +++++-----
 manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py |  6 +++---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py      |  8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/constants.py b/manim/constants.py
index ce981915dd..d5ad0affca 100644
--- a/manim/constants.py
+++ b/manim/constants.py
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ class MyText(Text):
 locals().update(COLOR_MAP)
 VERBOSE_CHOICES = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"]
 VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP = {
-    "DEBUG": 16,
-    "INFO": 16,
-    "WARNING": 16,
-    "ERROR": 16,
-    "CRITICAL": 8,
+    "DEBUG": "error",
+    "INFO": "error",
+    "WARNING": "error",
+    "ERROR": "error",
+    "CRITICAL": "fatal",
 }
diff --git a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
index 6cbf53a525..6fba3cd9bc 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def open_movie_pipe(self):
             '-r', str(fps),  # frames per second
             '-i', '-',  # The imput comes from a pipe
             '-an',  # Tells FFMPEG not to expect any audio
-            '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["ffmpeg"]),
+            '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg"],
         ]
         # TODO, the test for a transparent background should not be based on
         # the file extension.
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
             '-f', 'concat',
             '-safe', '0',
             '-i', file_list,
-            '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["ffmpeg"]),
+            '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg"],
         ]
 
         if self.write_to_movie:
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
                 "-map", "0:v:0",
                 # select audio stream from second file
                 "-map", "1:a:0",
-                '-loglevel', str(file_writer_config["ffmpeg"]),
+                '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg"],
                 # "-shortest",
                 temp_file_path,
             ]
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 4791ac821d..8d14786e55 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -130,8 +130,7 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
     ffmpeg = getattr(args, "ffmpeg")
-    if ffmpeg is None and default.getint("ffmpeg", None) is not None:
-        ffmpeg = default.getint("ffmpeg")
+    ffmpeg = default.get("ffmpeg", None) if ffmpeg is None else ffmpeg
     fw_config["ffmpeg"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg is None else ffmpeg
     if verbose in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]:
         progress_bar_v = True
@@ -346,10 +345,11 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-L", "--ffmpeg",
-        type=int,
+        type=str,
         help="Log level for ffmpeg",
         metavar="loglevel",
-        choices=[-8, 0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56],
+        choices=["-8", "0", "8", "16", "24", "32", "40", "48", "56",
+                 "quiet", "panic", "fatal", "error", "warning", "info", "verbose", "debug", "trace"],
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--progress_bar",

From 4a49e4adff07c4c34a885902a4569a96b593d980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:06:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/20] Change ffmpeg option to ffmpeg_loglevel

---
 manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py | 6 +++---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py      | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
index 6fba3cd9bc..d2ad20d2b1 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene_file_writer.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def open_movie_pipe(self):
             '-r', str(fps),  # frames per second
             '-i', '-',  # The imput comes from a pipe
             '-an',  # Tells FFMPEG not to expect any audio
-            '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg"],
+            '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"],
         ]
         # TODO, the test for a transparent background should not be based on
         # the file extension.
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
             '-f', 'concat',
             '-safe', '0',
             '-i', file_list,
-            '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg"],
+            '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"],
         ]
 
         if self.write_to_movie:
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ def combine_movie_files(self):
                 "-map", "0:v:0",
                 # select audio stream from second file
                 "-map", "1:a:0",
-                '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg"],
+                '-loglevel', file_writer_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"],
                 # "-shortest",
                 temp_file_path,
             ]
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 8d14786e55..f67a9a163e 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     verbose = "CRITICAL" if verbose is None and quiet else verbose
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
-    ffmpeg = getattr(args, "ffmpeg")
-    ffmpeg = default.get("ffmpeg", None) if ffmpeg is None else ffmpeg
-    fw_config["ffmpeg"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg is None else ffmpeg
+    ffmpeg_loglevel = getattr(args, "ffmpeg_loglevel")
+    ffmpeg_loglevel = default.get("ffmpeg_loglevel", None) if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
+    fw_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
     if verbose in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]:
         progress_bar_v = True
     else:
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         choices=constants.VERBOSE_CHOICES,
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-L", "--ffmpeg",
+        "-L", "--ffmpeg_loglevel",
         type=str,
         help="Log level for ffmpeg",
         metavar="loglevel",

From 794c8e060c033d87b3bf29ce2abbbeb466087d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 11:59:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/20] VERBOSE_CHOICES through dict keys from FFMPEG_MAP

---
 manim/constants.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manim/constants.py b/manim/constants.py
index d5ad0affca..82782a7b0f 100644
--- a/manim/constants.py
+++ b/manim/constants.py
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ class MyText(Text):
                   if name.endswith("_C")})
 PALETTE = list(COLOR_MAP.values())
 locals().update(COLOR_MAP)
-VERBOSE_CHOICES = ["DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", "CRITICAL"]
 VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP = {
     "DEBUG": "error",
     "INFO": "error",
@@ -156,3 +155,4 @@ class MyText(Text):
     "ERROR": "error",
     "CRITICAL": "fatal",
 }
+VERBOSE_CHOICES = VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP.keys()

From 1988237d49b99a7289c817fea934bee641cf066c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:12:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/20] Remove quiet flag

---
 manim/default.cfg           | 3 ---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 9 ---------
 2 files changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/default.cfg b/manim/default.cfg
index 6a1487adad..6db517e984 100644
--- a/manim/default.cfg
+++ b/manim/default.cfg
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ preview = False
 # -f, --show_file_in_finder
 show_file_in_finder = False
 
-# -q, --quiet
-quiet = False
-
 # -v, --verbose
 verbose = INFO
 
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index f67a9a163e..9f5ea84481 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -122,11 +122,7 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     )
 
     # Read in the log level
-    quiet = getattr(args, "quiet")
-    if not quiet and default.getboolean("quiet", None) is not None:
-        quiet = default.getboolean("quiet")
     verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
-    verbose = "CRITICAL" if verbose is None and quiet else verbose
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
     ffmpeg_loglevel = getattr(args, "ffmpeg_loglevel")
@@ -331,11 +327,6 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         "--config_file", help="Specify the configuration file",
     )
 
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-q", "--quiet",
-        action="store_true",
-        help="Quiet mode. Equivalent to -v CRITICAL. It can be overridden by -v and -L",
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v", "--verbose",
         type=str,

From 6f208e43ee089d650771e6e36a94deae337e21e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:15:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/20] Remove disable var for progress_bar

---
 manim/scene/scene.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/scene/scene.py b/manim/scene/scene.py
index 0e195fc9dc..8d2d831479 100644
--- a/manim/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manim/scene/scene.py
@@ -680,12 +680,11 @@ def get_time_progression(self, run_time, n_iterations=None, override_skip_animat
         else:
             step = 1 / self.camera.frame_rate
             times = np.arange(0, run_time, step)
-        disable = not file_writer_config["progress_bar"]
         time_progression = ProgressDisplay(
             times, total=n_iterations,
             leave=file_writer_config['leave_progress_bars'],
             ascii=True if platform.system() == 'Windows' else None,
-            disable=disable,
+            disable=not file_writer_config["progress_bar"],
         )
         return time_progression
 

From 520d1c0b61f56ea26c010f38cc34991d5e90033a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 12:30:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 15/20] ffmpeg_loglevel only in config file

---
 manim/default.cfg           |  4 ++++
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 13 ++-----------
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/default.cfg b/manim/default.cfg
index 6db517e984..b468050783 100644
--- a/manim/default.cfg
+++ b/manim/default.cfg
@@ -153,3 +153,7 @@ log_level =
 log_time = cyan dim
 log_message = 
 log_path = dim
+
+[ffmpeg]
+# Uncomment the following line to manually set the loglevel for ffmpeg. See ffmpeg manpage for accepted values
+# loglevel = error
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 9f5ea84481..2e6f01ccbd 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
-    ffmpeg_loglevel = getattr(args, "ffmpeg_loglevel")
-    ffmpeg_loglevel = default.get("ffmpeg_loglevel", None) if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
+    ffmpeg_loglevel = config_parser["ffmpeg"].get("loglevel", None)
     fw_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
     if verbose in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]:
         progress_bar_v = True
@@ -330,18 +329,10 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v", "--verbose",
         type=str,
-        help="Verbosity level. Also changes the ffmpeg log level unless the latter is specified",
+        help="Verbosity level. Also changes the ffmpeg log level unless the latter is specified in the config",
         metavar="loglevel",
         choices=constants.VERBOSE_CHOICES,
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-L", "--ffmpeg_loglevel",
-        type=str,
-        help="Log level for ffmpeg",
-        metavar="loglevel",
-        choices=["-8", "0", "8", "16", "24", "32", "40", "48", "56",
-                 "quiet", "panic", "fatal", "error", "warning", "info", "verbose", "debug", "trace"],
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--progress_bar",
         type=str,

From ce7cecb95b7acd0561709d8b3afe4030a5fefdb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:00:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 16/20] progress_bar flag to boolean

---
 manim/default.cfg           |  3 +++
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 17 +++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/default.cfg b/manim/default.cfg
index b468050783..13e90451ba 100644
--- a/manim/default.cfg
+++ b/manim/default.cfg
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ show_file_in_finder = False
 # -v, --verbose
 verbose = INFO
 
+# --progress_bar
+progress_bar = True
+
 # --sound
 sound = False
 
diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 2e6f01ccbd..ada0a34466 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
         progress_bar_v = False
     progress_bar = getattr(args, "progress_bar")
     if progress_bar is None:
-        progress_bar = default.get("progress_bar", None)
-    if progress_bar is not None:
-        progress_bar = True if progress_bar == "on" else False
+        progress_bar = default.getboolean("progress_bar", None)
     fw_config["progress_bar"] = progress_bar_v if progress_bar is None else progress_bar
     return fw_config
 
@@ -333,12 +331,19 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         metavar="loglevel",
         choices=constants.VERBOSE_CHOICES,
     )
+
+    def _str2bool(s):
+        if s == "True":
+            return True
+        elif s == "False":
+            return False
+        else:
+            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("True or False expected")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--progress_bar",
-        type=str,
+        type=_str2bool,
         help="Display the progress bar",
-        metavar="on/off",
-        choices=["on", "off"],
+        metavar="True/False",
     )
     return parser.parse_args(arg_list)
 

From 6209cdf3b78dee6062c251f17332ba36c8d2bdef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:05:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 17/20] progress_bar independant on verbose flag

---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index ada0a34466..d9be9661e8 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -127,14 +127,10 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
     ffmpeg_loglevel = config_parser["ffmpeg"].get("loglevel", None)
     fw_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
-    if verbose in ["DEBUG", "INFO"]:
-        progress_bar_v = True
-    else:
-        progress_bar_v = False
     progress_bar = getattr(args, "progress_bar")
     if progress_bar is None:
-        progress_bar = default.getboolean("progress_bar", None)
-    fw_config["progress_bar"] = progress_bar_v if progress_bar is None else progress_bar
+        progress_bar = default.getboolean("progress_bar")
+    fw_config["progress_bar"] = progress_bar
     return fw_config
 
 

From 0104d6e67b4d3c1d5e4757862355d277651c72df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 13:08:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 18/20] Comments on verbose/ffmpeg loglevel/progress_bar flags

---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index d9be9661e8..ac3185c7e6 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -121,12 +121,16 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
         [fw_config["save_last_frame"], fw_config["from_animation_number"]]
     )
 
-    # Read in the log level
+    # Parse the verbose flag to read in the log level
     verbose = getattr(args, "verbose")
     verbose = default["verbose"] if verbose is None else verbose
     fw_config["verbose"] = verbose
+
+    # Parse the ffmpeg log level in the config
     ffmpeg_loglevel = config_parser["ffmpeg"].get("loglevel", None)
     fw_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
+
+    # Parse the progress_bar flag
     progress_bar = getattr(args, "progress_bar")
     if progress_bar is None:
         progress_bar = default.getboolean("progress_bar")

From 67c12fc70e0df8595b6c4454a88fbd8dc3c296f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 19:01:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 19/20] Remove metavar to verbose

---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index ac3185c7e6..00fdc2fa5b 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
         "-v", "--verbose",
         type=str,
         help="Verbosity level. Also changes the ffmpeg log level unless the latter is specified in the config",
-        metavar="loglevel",
         choices=constants.VERBOSE_CHOICES,
     )
 

From 097998a0fbeaa4111a758f4bac3ee6977748e35e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: azarzadavila <37216245+azarzadavila@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 21:31:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 20/20] Black config_utils.py

---
 manim/utils/config_utils.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/manim/utils/config_utils.py b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
index 16304a3e3e..c9db004dae 100644
--- a/manim/utils/config_utils.py
+++ b/manim/utils/config_utils.py
@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ def _parse_file_writer_config(config_parser, args):
 
     # Parse the ffmpeg log level in the config
     ffmpeg_loglevel = config_parser["ffmpeg"].get("loglevel", None)
-    fw_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"] = constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose] if ffmpeg_loglevel is None else ffmpeg_loglevel
+    fw_config["ffmpeg_loglevel"] = (
+        constants.VERBOSE_FFMPEG_MAP[verbose]
+        if ffmpeg_loglevel is None
+        else ffmpeg_loglevel
+    )
 
     # Parse the progress_bar flag
     progress_bar = getattr(args, "progress_bar")
@@ -363,7 +367,8 @@ def _parse_cli(arg_list, input=True):
 
     # Specify the verbosity
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-v", "--verbose",
+        "-v",
+        "--verbose",
         type=str,
         help="Verbosity level. Also changes the ffmpeg log level unless the latter is specified in the config",
         choices=constants.VERBOSE_CHOICES,
@@ -377,6 +382,7 @@ def _str2bool(s):
             return False
         else:
             raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("True or False expected")
+
     parser.add_argument(
         "--progress_bar",
         type=_str2bool,