vlad-com / make_preview_ffmpeg

Python script to easily make a video preview

make_preview_ffmpeg

Python script to easily make a video preview with ffmpeg

Easy example for CUDA videocard:

python3 make_preview.py -f input.mp4 -hw cuda

More complicated example using QSV videocard(Intel)

To get HEVC video with IOS support divided into 10 parts of 1 second

python3 make_preview.py -f input.mp4 -hw qsv -c hevc -s 10 -p 1

Options:

  -h, --help                     | show this help message and exit
  -f FILE, --file FILE           | Path to file
  -hw HWACCEL, --hwaccel HWACCEL | Hardware acceleration (can be: [qsv, cuda])
  -c CODEC, --codec CODEC        | Codec (default: h264)
  -a AUDIO, --audio AUDIO        | Turn on/off audio (default: True)
  -s SPLIT, --split SPLIT        | Split by parts (default: 12)
  -p PART, --part PART           | Part duration in seconds (default: 0.766)
  -q QUALITY, --quality QUALITY  | Video quality scale is 0–51, where 0 is lossless, 51 is worst quality possible (default: 23)
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT     | Show Output