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7/8/24, 11:22 PM python-ffmpeg

Overview

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

Install
To install python-ffmpeg, simply use pip:

$ pip install python-ffmpeg

Examples
Transcoding

Synchronous API

from ffmpeg import FFmpeg

def main():
ffmpeg = (
FFmpeg()
.option("y")
.input("input.mp4")
.output(
"output.mp4",
{"codec:v": "libx264"},
vf="scale=1280:-1",
preset="veryslow",
crf=24,
)
)

ffmpeg.execute()

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Asynchronous API

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import asyncio

from ffmpeg.asyncio import FFmpeg

async def main():


ffmpeg = (
FFmpeg()
.option("y")
.input("input.mp4")
.output(
"output.mp4",
{"codec:v": "libx264"},
vf="scale=1280:-1",
preset="veryslow",
crf=24,
)
)

await ffmpeg.execute()

if __name__ == "__main__":
asyncio.run(main())

Recording

Synchronous API

from ffmpeg import FFmpeg, Progress

def main():
ffmpeg = (
FFmpeg()
.option("y")
.input(
"rtsp://username:[email protected]/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()

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if __name__ == "__main__":
main()

Asynchronous API

import asyncio

from ffmpeg import Progress


from ffmpeg.asyncio import FFmpeg

async def main():


ffmpeg = (
FFmpeg()
.option("y")
.input(
"rtsp://username:[email protected]/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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