Welcome to pyvid’s documentation!¶
Pyvid is a package that shrinks video files using defaults on ffmpeg to get high quality and low file size. Works best on 1080p videos.
Dependencies¶
- install ffmpeg with libx264 or libx265 support and make sure the executable is in $PATH
Installation¶
Install as global executable:
$ pip install --user pyvid
check installation:
$ pyvid --version
pyvid, version 0.1.1
Usage¶
The most basic usage is as follows:
$ pyvid PATH
where PATH is a file or directory. If PATH is a directory, it will look for video files. Converted videos are placed in a converted/ subfolder.
The following:
$ pyvid files -e ext1,ext2
will convert all .ext1 and .ext2 files in directory files/ to output directory files/converted/.
pyvid¶
Convert video(s) in specified path.
pyvid [OPTIONS] PATH
Options
-
-e
,
--ext
<ext>
¶ Comma seperated list of file extension(s) to look for
-
-y
,
--force
¶
A single count disables per-video prompts. A count of 2 disables all prompts.
-
-d
,
--rem
¶
Delete source video files
-
--version
¶
Show the version and exit.
Arguments
-
PATH
¶
Required argument