This script will split the video into two files when valid time periods are given.
Requirements:
- Install python in the host system Install ffmpeg-python
- ffmpeg==1.4
pip install ffmpeg-python
Run the Script:
python videosplitter.py test.mp4 0 50 out1.mp4 out2.mp4
Code language: CSS (css)
(OR)
python videosplitter.py -h
Code language: CSS (css)
Source Code:
videosplitter.py
import ffmpeg
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='''Split A media file
into two chunks''')
parser.add_argument('inputfile', help="Input filename")
parser.add_argument('starttime', type=float, help="Start time in seconds")
parser.add_argument('endtime', type=float, help="End time in seconds")
parser.add_argument('outputfile1', help="Output filename")
parser.add_argument('outputfile2', help="Output filename")
args = parser.parse_args()
in1 = ffmpeg.input(args.inputfile)
v1 = in1.filter('trim', start=float(args.starttime), end=(args.endtime))
v2 = in1.filter('trim', start=float(args.endtime))
out1 = ffmpeg.output(v1, args.outputfile1)
out2 = ffmpeg.output(v2, args.outputfile2)
out1.run()
out2.run()
Code language: PHP (php)