Create video contact sheets. A video contact sheet is an image composed of video capture thumbnails arranged on a grid.
$ vcsi bbb_sunflower_2160p_60fps_normal.mp4 \
-t \
-w 850 \
-g 4x4 \
--background-color 000000 \
--metadata-font-color ffffff \
--end-delay-percent 20 \
--metadata-font /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf
$ vcsi bbb_sunflower_2160p_60fps_normal.mp4 \
-t \
-w 850 \
-g 3x5 \
--end-delay-percent 20 \
--timestamp-font /usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf \
-o output.png
The above contact sheets were generated from a movie called "Big Buck Bunny".
vcsi can be installed from PyPi:
$ pip install vcsi
First install Poetry, then run:
$ poetry build
$ pip install dist/*.whl
vcsi is currently packaged for the following systems:
| Linux packages | |
|---|---|
| Arch (AUR) | https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vcsi/ |
| Arch (AUR, git master) | https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vcsi-git/ |
| Gentoo | https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/media-video/vcsi |
Your system is not listed?
$ apt-get install ffmpeg
Then use the Poetry installation method above.
Running Windows? See the note below.
Download a binary build of ffmpeg from Zeranoe here (e.g. 64bit static): http://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/
Extract the archive and add the bin directory to your PATH so that ffmpeg and ffprobe can be invoked from the command line.
If you have issues installing numpy with pip, download an already built version of numpy here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/
Python modules:
- numpy
- pillow
- jinja2
- texttable
- parsedatetime
Must be in your PATH:
- ffmpeg
- ffprobe
$ vcsi -h
usage: vcsi [-h] [-o OUTPUT_PATH] [-c CONFIG]
[--start-delay-percent START_DELAY_PERCENT]
[--end-delay-percent END_DELAY_PERCENT]
[--delay-percent DELAY_PERCENT] [--grid-spacing GRID_SPACING]
[--grid-horizontal-spacing GRID_HORIZONTAL_SPACING]
[--grid-vertical-spacing GRID_VERTICAL_SPACING] [-w VCS_WIDTH]
[-g GRID] [-s NUM_SAMPLES] [-t]
[--metadata-font-size METADATA_FONT_SIZE]
[--metadata-font METADATA_FONT]
[--timestamp-font-size TIMESTAMP_FONT_SIZE]
[--timestamp-font TIMESTAMP_FONT]
[--metadata-position METADATA_POSITION]
[--background-color BACKGROUND_COLOR]
[--metadata-font-color METADATA_FONT_COLOR]
[--timestamp-font-color TIMESTAMP_FONT_COLOR]
[--timestamp-background-color TIMESTAMP_BACKGROUND_COLOR]
[--timestamp-border-color TIMESTAMP_BORDER_COLOR]
[--template METADATA_TEMPLATE_PATH] [-m MANUAL_TIMESTAMPS] [-v]
[-a] [-A ACCURATE_DELAY_SECONDS]
[--metadata-margin METADATA_MARGIN]
[--metadata-horizontal-margin METADATA_HORIZONTAL_MARGIN]
[--metadata-vertical-margin METADATA_VERTICAL_MARGIN]
[--timestamp-horizontal-padding TIMESTAMP_HORIZONTAL_PADDING]
[--timestamp-vertical-padding TIMESTAMP_VERTICAL_PADDING]
[--timestamp-horizontal-margin TIMESTAMP_HORIZONTAL_MARGIN]
[--timestamp-vertical-margin TIMESTAMP_VERTICAL_MARGIN]
[--quality IMAGE_QUALITY] [-f IMAGE_FORMAT]
[-T TIMESTAMP_POSITION] [-r] [--timestamp-border-mode]
[--timestamp-border-size TIMESTAMP_BORDER_SIZE]
[--capture-alpha CAPTURE_ALPHA] [--version]
[--list-template-attributes] [--frame-type FRAME_TYPE]
[--interval INTERVAL] [--ignore-errors] [--no-overwrite]
[--exclude-extensions EXCLUDE_EXTENSIONS] [--fast]
[-O THUMBNAIL_OUTPUT_PATH] [-S]
[--timestamp-format TIMESTAMP_FORMAT]
filenames [filenames ...]
Create a video contact sheet
positional arguments:
filenames
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT_PATH, --output OUTPUT_PATH
save to output file (default: None)
-c CONFIG, --config CONFIG
Config file to load defaults from (default:
C:\Users\zacke\.config/vcsi.conf)
--start-delay-percent START_DELAY_PERCENT
do not capture frames in the first n percent of total
time (default: 7)
--end-delay-percent END_DELAY_PERCENT
do not capture frames in the last n percent of total
time (default: 7)
--delay-percent DELAY_PERCENT
do not capture frames in the first and last n percent
of total time (default: None)
--grid-spacing GRID_SPACING
number of pixels spacing captures both vertically and
horizontally (default: None)
--grid-horizontal-spacing GRID_HORIZONTAL_SPACING
number of pixels spacing captures horizontally
(default: 5)
--grid-vertical-spacing GRID_VERTICAL_SPACING
number of pixels spacing captures vertically (default:
5)
-w VCS_WIDTH, --width VCS_WIDTH
width of the generated contact sheet (default: 1500)
-g GRID, --grid GRID display frames on a mxn grid (for example 4x5). The
special value zero (as in 2x0 or 0x5 or 0x0) is only
allowed when combined with --interval or with
--manual. Zero means that the component should be
automatically deduced based on other arguments passed.
(default: 4x4)
-s NUM_SAMPLES, --num-samples NUM_SAMPLES
number of samples (default: None)
-t, --show-timestamp display timestamp for each frame (default: False)
--metadata-font-size METADATA_FONT_SIZE
size of the font used for metadata (default: 16)
--metadata-font METADATA_FONT
TTF font used for metadata (default:
C:/Windows/Fonts/msgothic.ttc)
--timestamp-font-size TIMESTAMP_FONT_SIZE
size of the font used for timestamps (default: 12)
--timestamp-font TIMESTAMP_FONT
TTF font used for timestamps (default:
C:/Windows/Fonts/msgothic.ttc)
--metadata-position METADATA_POSITION
Position of the metadata header. Must be one of
['top', 'bottom', 'hidden'] (default: top)
--background-color BACKGROUND_COLOR
Color of the background in hexadecimal, for example
AABBCC (default: 000000FF)
--metadata-font-color METADATA_FONT_COLOR
Color of the metadata font in hexadecimal, for example
AABBCC (default: FFFFFFFF)
--timestamp-font-color TIMESTAMP_FONT_COLOR
Color of the timestamp font in hexadecimal, for
example AABBCC (default: FFFFFFFF)
--timestamp-background-color TIMESTAMP_BACKGROUND_COLOR
Color of the timestamp background rectangle in
hexadecimal, for example AABBCC (default: 000000AA)
--timestamp-border-color TIMESTAMP_BORDER_COLOR
Color of the timestamp border in hexadecimal, for
example AABBCC (default: 000000FF)
--template METADATA_TEMPLATE_PATH
Path to metadata template file (default: None)
-m MANUAL_TIMESTAMPS, --manual MANUAL_TIMESTAMPS
Comma-separated list of frame timestamps to use, for
example 1:11:11.111,2:22:22.222 (default: None)
-v, --verbose display verbose messages (default: False)
-a, --accurate Make accurate captures. This capture mode is way
slower than the default one but it helps when
capturing frames from HEVC videos. (default: False)
-A ACCURATE_DELAY_SECONDS, --accurate-delay-seconds ACCURATE_DELAY_SECONDS
Fast skip to N seconds before capture time, then do
accurate capture (decodes N seconds of video before
each capture). This is used with accurate capture mode
only. (default: 1)
--metadata-margin METADATA_MARGIN
Margin (in pixels) in the metadata header. (default:
10)
--metadata-horizontal-margin METADATA_HORIZONTAL_MARGIN
Horizontal margin (in pixels) in the metadata header.
(default: 10)
--metadata-vertical-margin METADATA_VERTICAL_MARGIN
Vertical margin (in pixels) in the metadata header.
(default: 10)
--timestamp-horizontal-padding TIMESTAMP_HORIZONTAL_PADDING
Horizontal padding (in pixels) for timestamps.
(default: 3)
--timestamp-vertical-padding TIMESTAMP_VERTICAL_PADDING
Vertical padding (in pixels) for timestamps. (default:
1)
--timestamp-horizontal-margin TIMESTAMP_HORIZONTAL_MARGIN
Horizontal margin (in pixels) for timestamps.
(default: 5)
--timestamp-vertical-margin TIMESTAMP_VERTICAL_MARGIN
Vertical margin (in pixels) for timestamps. (default:
5)
--quality IMAGE_QUALITY
Output image quality. Must be an integer in the range
0-100. 100 = best quality. (default: 100)
-f IMAGE_FORMAT, --format IMAGE_FORMAT
Output image format. Can be any format supported by
pillow. For example 'png' or 'jpg'. (default: jpg)
-T TIMESTAMP_POSITION, --timestamp-position TIMESTAMP_POSITION
Timestamp position. Must be one of ['north', 'south',
'east', 'west', 'ne', 'nw', 'se', 'sw', 'center'].
(default: TimestampPosition.se)
-r, --recursive Process every file in the specified directory
recursively. (default: False)
--timestamp-border-mode
Draw timestamp text with a border instead of the
default rectangle. (default: False)
--timestamp-border-size TIMESTAMP_BORDER_SIZE
Size of the timestamp border in pixels (used only with
--timestamp-border-mode). (default: 1)
--capture-alpha CAPTURE_ALPHA
Alpha channel value for the captures (transparency in
range [0, 255]). Defaults to 255 (opaque) (default:
255)
--version show program's version number and exit
--list-template-attributes
--frame-type FRAME_TYPE
Frame type passed to ffmpeg
'select=eq(pict_type,FRAME_TYPE)' filter. Should be
one of ('I', 'B', 'P') or the special type 'key' which
will use the 'select=key' filter instead. (default:
None)
--interval INTERVAL Capture frames at specified interval. Interval format
is any string supported by `parsedatetime`. For
example '5m', '3 minutes 5 seconds', '1 hour 15 min
and 20 sec' etc. (default: None)
--ignore-errors Ignore any error encountered while processing files
recursively and continue to the next file. (default:
False)
--no-overwrite Do not overwrite output file if it already exists,
simply ignore this file and continue processing other
unprocessed files. (default: False)
--exclude-extensions EXCLUDE_EXTENSIONS
Do not process files that end with the given
extensions. (default: [])
--fast Fast mode. Just make a contact sheet as fast as
possible, regardless of output image quality. May mess
up the terminal. (default: False)
-O THUMBNAIL_OUTPUT_PATH, --thumbnail-output THUMBNAIL_OUTPUT_PATH
Save thumbnail files to the specified output
directory. If set, the thumbnail files will not be
deleted after successful creation of the contact
sheet. (default: None)
-S, --actual-size Make thumbnails of actual size. In other words,
thumbnails will have the actual 1:1 size of the video
resolution. (default: False)
--timestamp-format TIMESTAMP_FORMAT
Use specified timestamp format. Replaced values
include: {TIME}, {DURATION}, {THUMBNAIL_NUMBER}, {H}
(hours), {M} (minutes), {S} (seconds), {c}
(centiseconds), {m} (milliseconds), {dH}, {dM}, {dS},
{dc} and {dm} (same as previous values but for the
total duration). Example format: '{TIME} /
{DURATION}'. Another example: '{THUMBNAIL_NUMBER}'.
Yet another example: '{H}:{M}:{S}.{m} /
{dH}:{dM}:{dS}.{dm}'. (default: {TIME})
vcsi now supports metadata templates thanks to jinja2. In order to use custom templates one should use the --template argument to specifiy the path to a template file.
Here is a sample template file:
{{filename}}
File size: {{size}}
{% if audio_sample_rate %}
Audio sample rate: {{audio_sample_rate/1000}} KHz
{% endif %}
{% if audio_bit_rate %}
Audio bitrate: {{audio_bit_rate/1000}} Kbps
{% endif %}
{{frame_rate}} fps
Resolution: {{sample_width}}x{{sample_height}}
| Attribute name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| size | File size (pretty format) | 128.3 MiB |
| size_bytes | File size (bytes) | 4662788373 |
| filename | File name | video.mkv |
| duration | Duration (pretty format) | 03:07 |
| sample_width | Width of samples (pixels) | 1920 |
| sample_height | Height of samples (pixels) | 1080 |
| display_width | Display width (pixels) | 1920 |
| display_height | Display height (pixels) | 1080 |
| video_codec | Video codec | h264 |
| video_codec_long | Video codec (long name) | H.264 / AVC / MPEG-4 AVC / MPEG-4 part 10 |
| video_bit_rate | Video bitrate | 371006 |
| display_aspect_ratio | Display aspect ratio | 16:9 |
| sample_aspect_ratio | Sample aspect ratio | 1:1 |
| audio_codec | Audio codec | aac |
| audio_codec_long | Audio codec (long name) | AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) |
| audio_sample_rate | Audio sample rate (Hz) | 44100 |
| audio_bit_rate | Audio bit rate | 192000 |
| frame_rate | Frame rate (fps) | 23.974 |
To run the test suite, run:
poetry run pytest
To measure code coverage:
poetry run pytest --cov=vcsi.vcsi