Can't import gifs into moviepy

[DanielHHowell]

The below code is working marvelously as-is for other file types such as .webm (when changed in the glob.glob call) but when I try to use it for .gifs nothing happens at all - no errors or exceptions raised. Any ideas? Thanks you in advance for any help!

from moviepy.editor import *
import glob

def movie_maker(location_path):
    raw_clips = [VideoFileClip(path) for path in glob.glob(location_path+'*.gif')]
    sized_clips = [clip.resize((600,600)) for path in raw_clips]
    final_clip = concatenate_videoclips(sized_clips)
    final_clip.write_videofile(path + 'Video.avi', fps=24, codec='png')

[Zulko]

just checking: did you print 'raw_clips' to make sure it's not empty ?

[tburrows13]

"Nothing happens"? Does final_clip.write_videofile not do anything? Have you tried just running a simple clip = VideoFileClip(file.gif) and clip.write_videofile(path etc)?

[DanielHHowell]

Thanks for the very fast responses. Printing raw_clips as is isn't possible, the script is just getting stuck on the first line.

Gloin1313:
I tried that and it worked - so it seems this is an issue of looping through multiple .gifs?

[tburrows13]

@DanielHHowell You could try expanding your loop, e.g.:

for path in glob.glob(location_path+'*.gif'):
    raw_clips.append(VideoFileClip(path))

And then print certain variables at different points to try and troubleshoot better.

[DanielHHowell]

raw_clips = []
for path in glob.glob(location_path + '*.GIF'):
    print(path)
    raw_clips.append(VideoFileClip(path))
print(raw_clips)

So the loop is being iterated through - it prints each instance of 'path' here, however nothing else will happen past that. I'm very confused how the append clip is passed over with seemingly no error raised

[tburrows13]

What about this?

raw_clips = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0]  # Add a `0` for each gif you have
for i, path in glob.glob(location_path + '*.GIF'):
    print(path)
    raw_clips[i] = VideoFileClip(path)
print(raw_clips)

Or, try this:

raw_clips = []
for path in glob.glob(location_path + '*.GIF'):
    print(path)
    clip = VideoFileClip(path)
    # Do something with `clip` like `clip.write_videofile` or use preview to see whether it exists
    raw_clips.append(clip)
print(raw_clips)

Just a side note; don't name a variable containing a string a clip. I'd recommend just calling it path. Reserve variable names with clip in them for actual instances of a moviepy clip. I've edited your posts in this thread for clarity.

[DanielHHowell]

Everything is working properly now - even the code I originally introduced. Deleting some .gif path's from the directory revealed that the ffmpeg process was keeping them open, even though no processes were running on the PyCharm IDE. Very strange

[tburrows13]

Well done!
So nothing wrong on moviepy's side then? If so, we can close this.
Or are you saying that certain GIFs weren't working?

[DanielHHowell]

My guess is that this was related to ffmpeg - go ahead and close the issue. Thanks for the rapid responses - will keep in mind that debugging process!