commit 160cfb4f2caee40cbaa45451a85b78cd2a372ecf
Author: bertieb <git@bertieb.org>
Date:   Wed Dec 9 12:55:31 2020 +0000

    Make automatic joined 'highlights' from video file

diff --git a/basicclips.py b/basicclips.py
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+++ b/basicclips.py
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+#!/bin/python3
+""" basicclips.py -- generate video of clips from another video
+    uses ffprobe, ffmpeg and MELT
+
+"""
+
+DEFAULT_CLIPS = 9
+DEFAULT_DURATION = 15
+DEFAULT_MIXER_DURATION = 2
+FRAMERATE = 60
+
+
+def get_video_duration(videofile=None):
+    """Get video duration in seconds using ffprobe"""
+    import subprocess
+
+    if videofile is not None:
+        ffprobe_args = ["ffprobe", "-v", "error", "-show_entries",
+                        "format=duration", "-of",
+                        "default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1",
+                        videofile]
+        seconds = subprocess.run(ffprobe_args, capture_output=True)
+        if seconds:
+            try:
+                seconds = int(float(seconds.stdout))
+                return seconds
+            except ValueError as e:
+                print("Error getting seconds for ", videofile)
+                print(e)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+    import os
+    import tempfile
+    import subprocess
+
+    # Check/set settings using env vars
+
+    if os.environ.get("HIGHLIGHT_CLIPS"):
+        clips = os.environ.get("HIGHLIGHT_CLIPS")
+    else:
+        clips = DEFAULT_CLIPS
+
+    if os.environ.get("HIGHLIGHT_DURATION"):
+        duration = os.environ.get("HIGHLIGHT_DURATION")
+    else:
+        duration = DEFAULT_DURATION
+
+    # TODO: argv sanity checks
+
+    videofile = sys.argv[1]
+    outputfile = sys.argv[2]
+
+    video_duration = get_video_duration(videofile)
+    mixer_duration = FRAMERATE * DEFAULT_MIXER_DURATION
+
+    ffmpeg_common_args = ["ffmpeg", "-hide_banner",
+                          "-loglevel", "quiet"]
+    melt_args = []
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        tempclip_length = duration - 3
+
+        for i in range(1, clips+1):
+            print("Processing clip", i)
+            seek = int(float(video_duration * i / float(clips+1)))
+
+            if i == 1:
+                # no intro mixer on first clip
+                melt_args.extend(["melt",
+                                  os.path.join(tmpdir, "hi{}.mkv".format(i))])
+            else:
+                melt_args.extend([os.path.join(tmpdir, "hi{}.mkv".format(i)),
+                                  "-mix", str(mixer_duration),
+                                  "-mixer", "luma"])
+            ffmpeg_args = ffmpeg_common_args + [
+                "-ss", str(seek),
+                "-i", videofile, "-t", str(tempclip_length),
+                "-c", "copy", os.path.join(tmpdir, "hi{}.mkv".format(i))
+            ]
+            print(ffmpeg_args)
+            subprocess.run(ffmpeg_args)
+
+        # MELT output format
+        melt_args.extend(["-consumer", "avformat:{}".format(outputfile),
+                          "crf=20"])
+        print(melt_args)
+        subprocess.run(melt_args)
+
+    print("Done!")