NAME
App::FfmpegUtils - Utilities related to ffmpeg
VERSION
This document describes version 0.014 of App::FfmpegUtils (from Perl
distribution App-FfmpegUtils), released on 2024-09-22.
FUNCTIONS
cut_duration_from_video
Usage:
cut_duration_from_video(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Cut (censor out) a duration out of a video.
Examples:
* Specify start & end only (using h:m:s notation), the result is
100s.cut_50_to_63.mp4:
cut_duration_from_video(files => ["100s.mp4"], end => "00:01:03", start => "00:00:50");
* Specify start & duration only (using seconds), the result is
100s.cut_50_to_63.mp4:
cut_duration_from_video(files => ["100s.mp4"], duration => 13, start => 50);
* Specify end & duration only (using human & ISO 8601 notation), the
result is 100s.cut_50_to_63.mp4:
cut_duration_from_video(files => ["100s.mp4"], duration => "13s", end => "PT63S");
This utility uses *ffmpeg* (particularly the "-t" and "-ss") option to
cut a portion (time range) out of a video. It can be used to remove an
unwanted scene from a video.
Compared to using "ffmpeg" directly, this wrapper offers convenience of
more flexibility in specifying times and duration (e.g. '15s' as well as
'00:10' as well as 'PT1M30S'), specifying only 'end' and 'duration',
handling multiple files, automatically choosing output filename, and tab
completion.
Alternatives:
1. If you just want to play a video and censor out certain parts, you
can use create a playlist of segments called an EDL file. See for
example:
<https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/blob/master/DOCS/edl-mpv.rst>
This function is not exported.
This function supports dry-run operation.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* copy => *bool*
Whether to use the "copy" codec (fast but produces inaccurate
timings).
* duration => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
* end => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
* files* => *array[filename]*
(No description)
* start => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
Special arguments:
* -dry_run => *bool*
Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status
code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second
element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something
like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual
result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error
response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
cut_video_by_duration
Usage:
cut_video_by_duration(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Get a portion (time range) of a video.
Examples:
* Specify start only, the result is 100s.cut_40_to_100.mp4:
cut_video_by_duration(files => ["100s.mp4"], start => "40s");
* Specify duration only (using percentage) of two files, the results
are 100s.cut_0_to_30.mp4 & 50s.cut_0_to_15.mp4:
cut_video_by_duration(files => ["100s.mp4", "50s.mp4"], duration => "30%");
* Specify end only (using h:m:s notation), the result is
100s.cut_0_to_63.mp4:
cut_video_by_duration(files => ["100s.mp4"], end => "00:01:03");
* Specify start & end only (using h:m:s notation), the result is
100s.cut_50_to_63.mp4:
cut_video_by_duration(files => ["100s.mp4"], end => "00:01:03", start => "00:00:50");
* Specify start & duration only (using seconds), the result is
100s.cut_50_to_63.mp4:
cut_video_by_duration(files => ["100s.mp4"], duration => 13, start => 50);
* Specify end & duration only (using human & ISO 8601 notation), the
result is 100s.cut_50_to_63.mp4:
cut_video_by_duration(files => ["100s.mp4"], duration => "13s", end => "PT63S");
This utility uses *ffmpeg* (particularly the "-t" and "-ss") option to
get a portion (time range) of a video.
Compared to using "ffmpeg" directly, this wrapper offers convenience of
more flexibility in specifying times and duration (e.g. '15s' as well as
'00:10' as well as 'PT1M30S'), specifying only 'end' and 'duration',
handling multiple files, automatically choosing output filename, and tab
completion.
This function is not exported.
This function supports dry-run operation.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* copy => *bool*
Whether to use the "copy" codec (fast but produces inaccurate
timings).
* duration => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
* end => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
* files* => *array[filename]*
(No description)
* overwrite => *bool*
(No description)
* start => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
Special arguments:
* -dry_run => *bool*
Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status
code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second
element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something
like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual
result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error
response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
reencode_video_with_libx264
Usage:
reencode_video_with_libx264(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Re-encode video (using ffmpeg and libx264).
This utility runs *ffmpeg* to re-encode your video files using the
libx264 codec. It is a wrapper to simplify invocation of ffmpeg. It
selects the appropriate ffmpeg options for you, allows you to specify
multiple files, and picks appropriate output filenames. It also sports a
"--dry-run" option to let you see ffmpeg options to be used without
actually running ffmpeg.
This utility is usually used to reduce the file size (and optionally
video width/height) of videos so they are smaller, while minimizing
quality loss. Smartphone-produced videos are often high bitrate (e.g.
>10-20Mbit) and not yet well compressed, so they make a good input for
this utility. The default setting is roughly similar to how Google
Photos encodes videos (max 1080p).
The default settings are:
-v:c libx264
-preset veryslow (to get the best compression rate, but with the slowest encoding time)
-crf 28 (0-51, subjectively sane is 18-28, 18 ~ visually lossless, 28 ~ visually acceptable)
when a downsizing is requested (using the "--downsize-to" option), this
utility first checks each input video if it is indeed larger than the
requested final size. If it is, then the "-vf scale" option is added.
This utility also calculates a valid size for ffmpeg, since using "-vf
scale=-1:720" sometimes results in failure due to odd number.
Audio streams are copied, not re-encoded.
Output filenames are:
ORIGINAL_NAME.crf28.mp4
or (if downsizing is done):
ORIGINAL_NAME.480p-crf28.mp4
This function is not exported.
This function supports dry-run operation.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* audio_sample_rate => *uint*
Set audio sample rate, in Hz.
* crf => *int*
(No description)
* ffmpeg_path => *filename*
(No description)
* files* => *array[filename]*
(No description)
* frame_rate => *ufloat*
Set frame rate, in fps.
* overwrite => *bool*
(No description)
* preset => *str* (default: "veryslow")
(No description)
* scale => *str* (default: "1080^>")
Scale video to specified size. See Math::Image::CalcResized or
calc-image-resized-size for more details on scale specification.
Some examples include:
The default is "1080^>" which means to shrink to 1080p if video size
is larger than 1080p.
To disable scaling, set "--scale" to '' (empty string), or specify
"--dont-scale" on the CLI.
Special arguments:
* -dry_run => *bool*
Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status
code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second
element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something
like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual
result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error
response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
split_video_by_duration
Usage:
split_video_by_duration(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]
Split video by duration into parts.
This utility uses ffmpeg (particularly the "-t" and "-ss") option to
split a longer video into shorter videos. For example, if you have
"long.mp4" with duration of 1h12m and you run it through this utility
with "--every 15min" then you will have 5 new video files:
"long.1of5.mp4" (15min), "long.2of5.mp4" (15min), "long.3of5.mp4"
(15min), "long.4of5.mp4" (15min), and "long.5of5.mp4" (12min).
Compared to using "ffmpeg" directly, this wrapper offers convenience of
calculating the times ("-ss") option for you, handling multiple files,
automatically choosing output filename, and tab completion.
This function is not exported.
This function supports dry-run operation.
Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):
* copy => *bool*
Whether to use the "copy" codec (fast but produces inaccurate
timings).
* every => *duration|percent_str*
(No description)
* files* => *array[filename]*
(No description)
* overwrite => *bool*
(No description)
* parts => *posint*
(No description)
Special arguments:
* -dry_run => *bool*
Pass -dry_run=>1 to enable simulation mode.
Returns an enveloped result (an array).
First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status
code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second
element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something
like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual
result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error
response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is
called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra
information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional
metadata.
Return value: (any)
HOMEPAGE
Please visit the project's homepage at
<https://metacpan.org/release/App-FfmpegUtils>.
SOURCE
Source repository is at
<https://github.com/perlancar/perl-App-FfmpegUtils>.
AUTHOR
perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTOR
Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>
CONTRIBUTING
To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull
requests on GitHub.
Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You
can simply modify the code, then test via:
% prove -l
If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally
on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla,
Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR,
Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two
other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps
required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020 by perlancar
<perlancar@cpan.org>.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=App-FfmpegUtils>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.