Welcome to my special sauce fork of ffmpeg-python
, with asyncio
support.
There are tons of Python FFmpeg wrappers out there but they seem to lack complex filter support. ffmpeg-python
works well for simple as well as complex signal graphs.
Flip a video horizontally:
import ffmpeg
stream = ffmpeg.input('input.mp4')
stream = ffmpeg.hflip(stream)
stream = ffmpeg.output(stream, 'output.mp4')
ffmpeg.run(stream)
Or if you prefer a fluent interface:
import ffmpeg
(
ffmpeg
.input('input.mp4')
.hflip()
.output('output.mp4')
.run()
)
FFmpeg is extremely powerful, but its command-line interface gets really complicated rather quickly - especially when working with signal graphs and doing anything more than trivial.
Take for example a signal graph that looks like this:
The corresponding command-line arguments are pretty gnarly:
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i overlay.png -filter_complex "[0]trim=start_frame=10:end_frame=20[v0];\
[0]trim=start_frame=30:end_frame=40[v1];[v0][v1]concat=n=2[v2];[1]hflip[v3];\
[v2][v3]overlay=eof_action=repeat[v4];[v4]drawbox=50:50:120:120:red:t=5[v5]"\
-map [v5] output.mp4
Maybe this looks great to you, but if you're not an FFmpeg command-line expert, it probably looks alien.
If you're like me and find Python to be powerful and readable, it's easier with ffmpeg-python
:
import ffmpeg
in_file = ffmpeg.input('input.mp4')
overlay_file = ffmpeg.input('overlay.png')
(
ffmpeg
.concat(
in_file.trim(start_frame=10, end_frame=20),
in_file.trim(start_frame=30, end_frame=40),
)
.overlay(overlay_file.hflip())
.drawbox(50, 50, 120, 120, color='red', thickness=5)
.output('out.mp4')
.run()
)
ffmpeg-python
takes care of running ffmpeg
with the command-line arguments that correspond to the above filter diagram, in familiar Python terms.
Real-world signal graphs can get a heck of a lot more complex, but ffmpeg-python
handles arbitrarily large (directed-acyclic) signal graphs.
The latest version of ffmpeg-python
can be acquired via a typical pip install:
pip install ffmpeg-python
Or the source can be cloned and installed from locally:
git clone git@github.com:kkroening/ffmpeg-python.git
pip install -e ./ffmpeg-python
When in doubt, take a look at the examples to see if there's something that's close to whatever you're trying to do.
Here are a few:
See the Examples README for additional examples.
Don't see the filter you're looking for? While ffmpeg-python
includes shorthand notation for some of the most commonly used filters (such as concat
), all filters can be referenced via the .filter
operator:
stream = ffmpeg.input('dummy.mp4')
stream = ffmpeg.filter(stream, 'fps', fps=25, round='up')
stream = ffmpeg.output(stream, 'dummy2.mp4')
ffmpeg.run(stream)
Or fluently:
(
ffmpeg
.input('dummy.mp4')
.filter('fps', fps=25, round='up')
.output('dummy2.mp4')
.run()
)
Special option names:
Arguments with special names such as -qscale:v
(variable bitrate), -b:v
(constant bitrate), etc. can be specified as a keyword-args dictionary as follows:
(
ffmpeg
.input('in.mp4')
.output('out.mp4', **{'qscale:v': 3})
.run()
)
Multiple inputs:
Filters that take multiple input streams can be used by passing the input streams as an array to ffmpeg.filter
:
main = ffmpeg.input('main.mp4')
logo = ffmpeg.input('logo.png')
(
ffmpeg
.filter([main, logo], 'overlay', 10, 10)
.output('out.mp4')
.run()
)
Multiple outputs:
Filters that produce multiple outputs can be used with .filter_multi_output
:
split = (
ffmpeg
.input('in.mp4')
.filter_multi_output('split') # or `.split()`
)
(
ffmpeg
.concat(split[0], split[1].reverse())
.output('out.mp4')
.run()
)
(In this particular case, .split()
is the equivalent shorthand, but the general approach works for other multi-output filters)
String expressions:
Expressions to be interpreted by ffmpeg can be included as string parameters and reference any special ffmpeg variable names:
(
ffmpeg
.input('in.mp4')
.filter('crop', 'in_w-2*10', 'in_h-2*20')
.input('out.mp4')
)
When in doubt, refer to the existing filters, examples, and/or the official ffmpeg documentation.
Why do I get an import/attribute/etc. error from import ffmpeg
?
Make sure you ran pip install asyncio-ffmpeg-python
and not pip install ffmpeg
or pip install python-ffmpeg
or pip install ffmpeg-python
.
Why did my audio stream get dropped?
Some ffmpeg filters drop audio streams, and care must be taken to preserve the audio in the final output. The .audio
and .video
operators can be used to reference the audio/video portions of a stream so that they can be processed separately and then re-combined later in the pipeline.
This dilemma is intrinsic to ffmpeg, and ffmpeg-python tries to stay out of the way while users may refer to the official ffmpeg documentation as to why certain filters drop audio.
As usual, take a look at the examples (Audio/video pipeline in particular).
How can I find out the used command line arguments?
You can run stream.get_args()
before stream.run()
to retrieve the command line arguments that will be passed to ffmpeg
. You can also run stream.compile()
that also includes the ffmpeg
executable as the first argument.
How do I do XYZ?
Take a look at each of the links in the Additional Resources section at the end of this README. If you look everywhere and can't find what you're looking for and have a question that may be relevant to other users, you may open an issue asking how to do it, while providing a thorough explanation of what you're trying to do and what you've tried so far.
Issues not directly related to asyncio-ffmpeg
or issues asking others to write your code for you or how to do the work of solving a complex signal processing problem for you that's not relevant to other users will be closed.
That said, we hope to continue improving our documentation and provide a community of support for people using asyncio-ffmpeg
to do cool and exciting things.
One of the best things you can do to help make ffmpeg-python
better is to answer open questions in the issue tracker. The questions that are answered will be tagged and incorporated into the documentation, examples, and other learning resources.
If you notice things that could be better in the documentation or overall development experience, please say so in the issue tracker. And of course, feel free to report any bugs or submit feature requests.
Anyone who fixes any of the open bugs or implements requested enhancements is a hero, but changes should include passing tests.
git clone git@github.com:regulad/asyncio-ffmpeg.git
cd ffmpeg-python
virtualenv venv
. venv/bin/activate # (OS X / Linux)
venv\bin\activate # (Windows)
pip install -e .[dev]
pytest