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Trims a video from terminal given start and end time as well as input and ouput path. If time not specified it assumes beginning or end of video. If destination path not specified it uses same as input path.
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| # Trims a video given start and end time and input and ouput path | |
| # (if time not specified it assumes beginning or end of video) | |
| # (if destination path not specified it uses same as input path) | |
| # by Bryan Laygond | |
| # USAGE: | |
| # python videotrim.py --input "Path/to/source/file" \ | |
| # --output "Path/to/destination/file" \ | |
| # --start 2.0 \ | |
| # --end 7.0 | |
| import os | |
| import argparse | |
| from moviepy.editor import VideoFileClip,VideoClip | |
| # argument parser | |
| ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() | |
| ap.add_argument("-i", "--input", required = True, | |
| help = "path to input video") | |
| ap.add_argument("-o", "--output", type = str, default = "", | |
| help = "path to output video") | |
| ap.add_argument("-s", "--start", type = float, default = 0.0, | |
| help = "trim start time in seconds") | |
| ap.add_argument("-e", "--end", type = float, default = -1.0, | |
| help = "trim end time in seconds") | |
| args = vars(ap.parse_args()) | |
| # Create video object | |
| clip = VideoFileClip(args["input"]) | |
| # Set parameters if not specified: | |
| # for dest_path | |
| if args["output"] == "": | |
| input_path_part = args["input"].split(".") # sample & mp4 has been split | |
| dest_path = input_path_part[0] + "_output." + input_path_part[1] | |
| else: | |
| dest_path = args["output"] | |
| # for end_time | |
| max_time = clip.duration | |
| if args["end"] < 0 or args["end"] > max_time: | |
| end_time = max_time | |
| else: | |
| end_time = args["end"] | |
| # Trim and Write | |
| trim_clip = clip.subclip(args["start"], end_time) | |
| trim_clip.write_videofile( dest_path ) |
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