genebit / video-compressor

A Simple Video Compressor using FFMPEG

Video Compressor

About

• A script that uses ffmpeg to compress videos for free
• It uses Python as a terminal interface for inputing options

Prerequisites

• Make sure to install the followings:

  Linux:

  • sudo apt install ffmpeg
  • sudo apt install python3
  • sudo apt install sox
  
  

  Windows:

  • Download ffmpeg here
  • Set ffmpeg to $PATH

Instruction

For Multiple File Compression:

• Create a directory for the uncompressed files
• Be inside of this directory and run python3 main.py or run make in terminal
• Answer the prompt amd wait for the files to finished (For default settings just hit ENTER)
• Once finished, the compressed files are found in the output folder next to your main path

Sample Prompts

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[PROCESS] Video Path:
> /home/genebit/Downloads/main
[PROCESS] Compression Rate [0-51] (Default: 26):
> 26
[PROCESS] Frames Per Second (Default: 25):
> 25
[PROCESS] Video Codec (H264/H265) [0/1] (Default: 1):
> 0
------------START COMPRESSION---------------

- where /home/genebit/Downloads/main is the uncompressed videos

- where compression rate is the rate of compression to be processed,
  low setting will have a higher quality and less compression and high 
  means it will have a higher compression but will have worse quality.

- the output folder automatically generated and is found on 
  /home/genebit/Downloads/output

Notes

• Make sure to have a faster cpu to increase faster compression time
• Tested on a Quad Core CPU where each process can take from 4-5min depending on the footage size and the filesize. Best to be run on a Quad Core CPUs and above since on Dual Core CPUs it runs slow af running at 30min per compression...