fflipper
A video clipper that takes ELAN files as it's input, and generates clips based on the annotations in a selected tier.
Installation
To install on OS X (tested and works with Yosemite:)
Homebrew with the command
Installruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
If this doesn't work, consult the Homebrew documentation.
Install python and tk from brew
brew install python --with-tcl-tk
Install ElementTree for python:
easy_install elementtree
should work, if not try sudo easy_install elementtree
pyelan, and clipper.
Download fflipper,Move these into the fflipper folder, and make sure that each folder is named just pyelan
and clipper
respectively (ie remove the -master
, if you downloaded them from GitHub as archives.)
Run
Use the command python /path/to/fflipper/fflipper.py
in the terminal to run ffliper, remember to change the /path/to part to the location of fflipper on your machine.
Some development of this project was supported by a grant from the national sicence foundation: NFS BCS 1251807
TODO
- subprocess polling
- rewrite clipper
- progress bars
- package for distribution