Run ffmpeg in python

Overview

python-ffmpeg is a python binding for FFmpeg which provides sync and async APIs.

Install

To install python-ffmpeg, simply use pip:

Examples

Transcoding

from ffmpeg import FFmpeg def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input("input.mp4") .output( "ouptut.mp4", "codec:v": "libx264">, vf="scale=1280:-1", preset="veryslow", crf=24, ) ) ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": main() 

import asyncio from ffmpeg.asyncio import FFmpeg async def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input("input.mp4") .output( "ouptut.mp4", "codec:v": "libx264">, vf="scale=1280:-1", preset="veryslow", crf=24, ) ) await ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) 

Recording

from ffmpeg import FFmpeg, Progress def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input( "rtsp://username:password@127.0.0.1/cam", rtsp_transport="tcp", rtsp_flags="prefer_tcp", ) .output("output.mp4", vcodec="copy") ) @ffmpeg.on("progress") def time_to_terminate(progress: Progress): if progress.frame > 200: ffmpeg.terminate() ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": main() 

import asyncio from ffmpeg import Progress from ffmpeg.asyncio import FFmpeg async def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input( "rtsp://username:password@127.0.0.1/cam", rtsp_transport="tcp", rtsp_flags="prefer_tcp", ) .output("output.mp4", vcodec="copy") ) @ffmpeg.on("progress") def time_to_terminate(progress: Progress): if progress.frame > 200: ffmpeg.terminate() await ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) 

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Overview

python-ffmpeg is a python binding for FFmpeg which provides sync and async APIs.

Install

To install python-ffmpeg, simply use pip:

Examples

Transcoding

from ffmpeg import FFmpeg, Progress def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input("input.mp4") .output( "ouptut.mp4", "codec:v": "libx264">, vf="scale=1280:-1", preset="veryslow", crf=24, ) ) ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": main() 

import asyncio from ffmpeg import Progress from ffmpeg.asyncio import FFmpeg async def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input("input.mp4") .output( "ouptut.mp4", "codec:v": "libx264">, vf="scale=1280:-1", preset="veryslow", crf=24, ) ) await ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) 

Recording

from ffmpeg import FFmpeg, Progress def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input( "rtsp://username:password@127.0.0.1/cam", rtsp_transport="tcp", rtsp_flags="prefer_tcp", ) .output("output.mp4", vcodec="copy") ) @ffmpeg.on("progress") def time_to_terminate(progress: Progress): if progress.frame > 200: ffmpeg.terminate() ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": main() 

import asyncio from ffmpeg import Progress from ffmpeg.asyncio import FFmpeg async def main(): ffmpeg = ( FFmpeg() .option("y") .input( "rtsp://username:password@127.0.0.1/cam", rtsp_transport="tcp", rtsp_flags="prefer_tcp", ) .output("output.mp4", vcodec="copy") ) @ffmpeg.on("progress") def time_to_terminate(progress: Progress): if progress.frame > 200: ffmpeg.terminate() await ffmpeg.execute() if __name__ == "__main__": asyncio.run(main()) 

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Python bindings for FFmpeg — with complex filtering support

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README.md

ffmpeg-python: Python bindings for FFmpeg

There are tons of Python FFmpeg wrappers out there but they seem to lack complex filter support. ffmpeg-python works well for simple as well as complex signal graphs.

Flip a video horizontally:

import ffmpeg stream = ffmpeg.input('input.mp4') stream = ffmpeg.hflip(stream) stream = ffmpeg.output(stream, 'output.mp4') ffmpeg.run(stream)

Or if you prefer a fluent interface:

import ffmpeg ( ffmpeg .input('input.mp4') .hflip() .output('output.mp4') .run() )

FFmpeg is extremely powerful, but its command-line interface gets really complicated rather quickly — especially when working with signal graphs and doing anything more than trivial.

Take for example a signal graph that looks like this:

The corresponding command-line arguments are pretty gnarly:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -i overlay.png -filter_complex "[0]trim=start_frame=10:end_frame=20[v0];\ [0]trim=start_frame=30:end_frame=40[v1];[v0][v1]concat=n=2[v2];[1]hflip[v3];\ [v2][v3]overlay=eof_action=repeat[v4];[v4]drawbox=50:50:120:120:red:t=5[v5]"\ -map [v5] output.mp4

Maybe this looks great to you, but if you’re not an FFmpeg command-line expert, it probably looks alien.

If you’re like me and find Python to be powerful and readable, it’s easier with ffmpeg-python :

import ffmpeg in_file = ffmpeg.input('input.mp4') overlay_file = ffmpeg.input('overlay.png') ( ffmpeg .concat( in_file.trim(start_frame=10, end_frame=20), in_file.trim(start_frame=30, end_frame=40), ) .overlay(overlay_file.hflip()) .drawbox(50, 50, 120, 120, color='red', thickness=5) .output('out.mp4') .run() )

ffmpeg-python takes care of running ffmpeg with the command-line arguments that correspond to the above filter diagram, in familiar Python terms.

Real-world signal graphs can get a heck of a lot more complex, but ffmpeg-python handles arbitrarily large (directed-acyclic) signal graphs.

The latest version of ffmpeg-python can be acquired via a typical pip install:

Or the source can be cloned and installed from locally:

git clone git@github.com:kkroening/ffmpeg-python.git pip install -e ./ffmpeg-python

Note: ffmpeg-python makes no attempt to download/install FFmpeg, as ffmpeg-python is merely a pure-Python wrapper — whereas FFmpeg installation is platform-dependent/environment-specific, and is thus the responsibility of the user, as described below.

Before using ffmpeg-python , FFmpeg must be installed and accessible via the $PATH environment variable.

There are a variety of ways to install FFmpeg, such as the official download links, or using your package manager of choice (e.g. sudo apt install ffmpeg on Debian/Ubuntu, brew install ffmpeg on OS X, etc.).

Regardless of how FFmpeg is installed, you can check if your environment path is set correctly by running the ffmpeg command from the terminal, in which case the version information should appear, as in the following example (truncated for brevity):

$ ffmpeg ffmpeg version 4.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2020 the FFmpeg developers built with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2) 

Note: The actual version information displayed here may vary from one system to another; but if a message such as ffmpeg: command not found appears instead of the version information, FFmpeg is not properly installed.

When in doubt, take a look at the examples to see if there’s something that’s close to whatever you’re trying to do.

See the Examples README for additional examples.

Don’t see the filter you’re looking for? While ffmpeg-python includes shorthand notation for some of the most commonly used filters (such as concat ), all filters can be referenced via the .filter operator:

stream = ffmpeg.input('dummy.mp4') stream = ffmpeg.filter(stream, 'fps', fps=25, round='up') stream = ffmpeg.output(stream, 'dummy2.mp4') ffmpeg.run(stream)

( ffmpeg .input('dummy.mp4') .filter('fps', fps=25, round='up') .output('dummy2.mp4') .run() )

Special option names:

Arguments with special names such as -qscale:v (variable bitrate), -b:v (constant bitrate), etc. can be specified as a keyword-args dictionary as follows:

( ffmpeg .input('in.mp4') .output('out.mp4', **'qscale:v': 3>) .run() )

Multiple inputs:

Filters that take multiple input streams can be used by passing the input streams as an array to ffmpeg.filter :

main = ffmpeg.input('main.mp4') logo = ffmpeg.input('logo.png') ( ffmpeg .filter([main, logo], 'overlay', 10, 10) .output('out.mp4') .run() )

Multiple outputs:

Filters that produce multiple outputs can be used with .filter_multi_output :

split = ( ffmpeg .input('in.mp4') .filter_multi_output('split') # or `.split()` ) ( ffmpeg .concat(split[0], split[1].reverse()) .output('out.mp4') .run() )

(In this particular case, .split() is the equivalent shorthand, but the general approach works for other multi-output filters)

String expressions:

Expressions to be interpreted by ffmpeg can be included as string parameters and reference any special ffmpeg variable names:

( ffmpeg .input('in.mp4') .filter('crop', 'in_w-2*10', 'in_h-2*20') .input('out.mp4') )

Frequently asked questions

Why do I get an import/attribute/etc. error from import ffmpeg ?

Make sure you ran pip install ffmpeg-python and not pip install ffmpeg (wrong) or pip install python-ffmpeg (also wrong).

Why did my audio stream get dropped?

Some ffmpeg filters drop audio streams, and care must be taken to preserve the audio in the final output. The .audio and .video operators can be used to reference the audio/video portions of a stream so that they can be processed separately and then re-combined later in the pipeline.

This dilemma is intrinsic to ffmpeg, and ffmpeg-python tries to stay out of the way while users may refer to the official ffmpeg documentation as to why certain filters drop audio.

As usual, take a look at the examples (Audio/video pipeline in particular).

How can I find out the used command line arguments?

You can run stream.get_args() before stream.run() to retrieve the command line arguments that will be passed to ffmpeg . You can also run stream.compile() that also includes the ffmpeg executable as the first argument.

How do I do XYZ?

Take a look at each of the links in the Additional Resources section at the end of this README. If you look everywhere and can’t find what you’re looking for and have a question that may be relevant to other users, you may open an issue asking how to do it, while providing a thorough explanation of what you’re trying to do and what you’ve tried so far.

Issues not directly related to ffmpeg-python or issues asking others to write your code for you or how to do the work of solving a complex signal processing problem for you that’s not relevant to other users will be closed.

That said, we hope to continue improving our documentation and provide a community of support for people using ffmpeg-python to do cool and exciting things.

One of the best things you can do to help make ffmpeg-python better is to answer open questions in the issue tracker. The questions that are answered will be tagged and incorporated into the documentation, examples, and other learning resources.

If you notice things that could be better in the documentation or overall development experience, please say so in the issue tracker. And of course, feel free to report any bugs or submit feature requests.

Pull requests are welcome as well, but it wouldn’t hurt to touch base in the issue tracker or hop on the Matrix chat channel first.

Anyone who fixes any of the open bugs or implements requested enhancements is a hero, but changes should include passing tests.

git clone git@github.com:kkroening/ffmpeg-python.git cd ffmpeg-python virtualenv venv . venv/bin/activate # (OS X / Linux) venv\bin\activate # (Windows) pip install -e .[dev] pytest

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