Video Preview Generator

Generates video preview image for video files.

• Generate individual previews or for entire folders of videos
• Easily configurable through JSON

Dependencies

• opencv-python - Open Image Processing

Installation

Install Python3

Install the dependencies if not already installed

$ pip install opencv-python

Usage

After installing, the Driver can be run in console.

$ python Driver.py --path "E:\Video\Movies\blade-runner.mp4" --save "E:\Tests\" --config default

Config File

Templates for previews can be created in config.json

{
	"weird_green": {
		"rows": 6,  
		"columns": 5,  
		"border_size": 2,  
		"spacing": 8,  
		"target_width": 1920,  
		"time_stamps": true,  
		"background_color": [22, 160, 133],  
		"border_color": [26, 188, 156],  
		"font_color": [255, 255, 255]
	}
}

Generated Images

Note that the pictures's aspect ratio is based on video's resolution and how many rows/columns are generated while the picture's resolution is based on the "target_width" in config.json.

Todos

• Write tests
• Add more configurations
• Add more customization