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FFmpeg trim concat filters generator
"""
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2024 norinorin
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import abc
import argparse
import re
import shlex
from typing import Any
class Token(abc.ABC):
@staticmethod
@abc.abstractmethod
def match(arg: str, states: dict[str, Any]) -> Token | bool | None: ...
@staticmethod
def evaluate(arg: str, states: dict[str, Any]) -> Token | bool | None:
for cls in Token.__subclasses__():
if ret := cls.match(arg, states):
return ret
class Fade(Token):
PATTERN = re.compile(r"fade(in|out)-(\d*\.?\d+)s")
def __init__(self, type: str, duration: str | float):
self.type = type
self.duration = float(duration)
@staticmethod
def match(arg: str, states: dict[str, Any]) -> Fade | None:
if not (match := Fade.PATTERN.match(arg)):
return
fade = Fade(*match.groups())
prev = states["prev"]
if prev is None and fade.type == "out":
# ignore fadeout if there's no prior segment
return None
if isinstance(prev, Segment) and fade.type == "out":
prev.fadeout = fade
return fade
class Segment(Token):
PATTERN = re.compile(
r"((?:\d+:)?(?:\d+:)?(?:\d+\.)?\d+)?-((?:\d+:)?(?:\d+:)?(?:\d+\.)?\d+)?"
)
def __init__(
self,
id: int,
media_id: int,
path: str,
start: str | None,
end: str | None,
vi: int,
ai: int,
si: int,
):
self.id = id
self.media_id = media_id
self.fadein: Fade | None = None
self.fadeout: Fade | None = None
self.path = path
self.start = Segment.timestamp2seconds(start)
self.end = Segment.timestamp2seconds(end)
# stream indexes
self.vi = vi
self.ai = ai
self.si = si
@staticmethod
def match(arg: str, states: dict[str, Any]) -> Segment | None:
if not (match := Segment.PATTERN.match(arg)):
return
segment = Segment(
states["segment_id"],
states["media_id"],
states["path"],
*match.groups(),
vi=states["vi"],
ai=states["ai"],
si=states["si"],
)
if segment.start is None and segment.end is None:
return
prev = states["prev"]
if isinstance(prev, Fade) and prev.type == "in":
segment.fadein = prev
states["segment_id"] += 1
segments: list[Segment] = states["segments"]
segments.append(segment)
return segment
@staticmethod
def timestamp2seconds(arg: str | None) -> float | None:
if not arg:
return None
args = arg.split(":")[::-1]
return sum(float(part) * (60**i) for i, part in enumerate(args))
def _trim_filter(self, t: str) -> str:
if not (self.start or self.end):
return ""
if not self.start:
return f"{t}trim=end={self.end}"
if not self.end:
return f"{t}trim=start={self.start}"
return f"{t}trim={self.start}:{self.end}"
def _fade_filters(self, t: str) -> str:
filters: list[str] = []
if self.fadein:
filters.append(f"{t}fade=t=in:d={self.fadein.duration}")
if self.fadeout:
if not self.end:
# case where the end of segment isn't specified
# length is unknown
# cba to spawn ffprobe
filters.append(
f"{t}reverse,{t}fade=t=in:d={self.fadeout.duration},{t}reverse"
)
else:
filters.append(
f"{t}fade=t=out:st={self.end - (self.start or 0) - self.fadeout.duration}:d={self.fadeout.duration}"
)
return ",".join(filters)
def _get_filters(self, t: str) -> str:
filters = [
self._trim_filter(t),
f"{t}setpts=PTS-STARTPTS",
self._fade_filters(t),
]
return ",".join([i for i in filters if i])
def __repr__(self) -> str:
return repr(str(self))
def __str__(self) -> str:
args: list[str] = [self.path]
if self.fadein:
args.append(f"fadein-{self.fadein.duration}s")
args.append(f"{self.start or ''}-{self.end or ''}")
if self.fadeout:
args.append(f"fadeout-{self.fadeout.duration}s")
return " ".join(args)
def _get_media_specifier(self, t: str) -> str:
t = t or "v"
if t == "v" and self.si > -1:
return f"[v{self.media_id}s{self.si}i{self.id}]"
args: list[str] = [str(self.media_id), t]
if i := getattr(self, f"{t}i"):
args.append(str(i))
return f"[{':'.join(args)}]"
def generate_filters(self) -> str:
return ";".join(
[
f"{self._get_media_specifier(i)}{self._get_filters(i)}[{i or 'v'}{self.id}]"
for i in ("", "a")
]
)
class StreamIndexer(Token):
PATTERN = re.compile(r"(v|a|s)i-(\d+)")
@staticmethod
def match(arg: str, states: dict[str, Any]) -> bool | None:
if not (match := StreamIndexer.PATTERN.match(arg)):
return
t, i = match.groups()
# invalid
if not (t and i):
return
states[f"{t}i"] = int(i)
return True
def _strip_comments(sources: list[str]) -> list[str]:
if "#" not in sources:
return sources
return sources[: sources.index("#")]
def get_sources_from_file(path: str) -> list[list[str]]:
ret: list[list[str]] = []
with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
for line in f:
source = shlex.split(line)
# prevent infinite recursion reading the same file
if source and source[0] == path:
continue
ret.append(_strip_comments(source))
return ret
def parse_sources(sources: list[list[str]]) -> tuple[list[str], list[Segment]]:
media_list: list[str] = []
segments: list[Segment] = []
# global states
states: dict[str, Any] = {"segments": segments, "prev": None, "segment_id": 0}
for source in sources:
# ignore empty lines
if not source:
continue
path, *args = source
# a reference to another text file
if not args:
ml, s = parse_sources(get_sources_from_file(path))
media_list.extend(ml)
segments.extend(s)
continue
if path not in media_list:
media_list.append(path)
# source-specific states
states["path"] = path
states["media_id"] = media_list.index(path)
states["vi"] = 0
states["ai"] = 0
states["si"] = -1 # -1 for absence
for arg in args:
if token := Token.evaluate(arg, states):
if isinstance(token, Token):
states["prev"] = token
continue
raise SyntaxError(f"Invalid token: {arg!r}")
if not segments:
raise RuntimeError(f"Segments not found")
return media_list, segments
def _escape_path_in_filter(path: str) -> str:
ESCAPE_CHAR = "\\\\\\"
SPEC_CHARS = ("\\", "[", "]", "'", ":")
for char in SPEC_CHARS:
path = path.replace(char, f"{ESCAPE_CHAR}{char}")
return path
def generate_sub_filters(paths: dict[str, int], segments: list[Segment]) -> str:
sub_ids: dict[str, dict[int, set[int]]] = {}
for segment in segments:
if segment.si == -1:
continue
sub_ids.setdefault(segment.path, {}).setdefault(segment.si, set()).add(
segment.id
)
filters: list[str] = []
for path, sis in sub_ids.items():
media_id = paths[path]
for si, segment_ids in sis.items():
is_single_segment = len(segment_ids) == 1
output_label = f"v{media_id}s{si}"
filters.append(
f'[{media_id}:v]subtitles="{_escape_path_in_filter(path)}":si={si}[{output_label}{f"i{[*segment_ids][0]}" * is_single_segment}]'
)
if not is_single_segment:
filters.append(
f"[{output_label}]split={len(segment_ids)}{''.join([f'[{output_label}i{segment_id}]' for segment_id in segment_ids])}"
)
return ";".join(filters)
def generate_ffmpeg_args(
media_list: list[str], segments: list[Segment], output: str
) -> str:
paths = {v: i for i, v in enumerate(media_list)}
args = ["ffmpeg"]
for path in paths.keys():
args.extend(["-i", f'"{path}"'])
args.append("-filter_complex")
filters: list[str] = []
labels: list[str] = []
if subs := generate_sub_filters(paths, segments):
filters.append(subs)
for i, segment in enumerate(segments):
filters.append(segment.generate_filters())
labels.append(f"[v{i}][a{i}]")
filters.append(f"{''.join(labels)}concat=n={len(segments)}:v=1:a=1[v][a]")
args.extend([";".join(filters), "-map", "[v]", "-map", "[a]", f'"{output}"'])
return " ".join(args)
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
"Tricat",
"tricat.py <input video> <timestamps|fadeins/outs> [+ segments.txt] <output video>",
"Generates FFmpeg filters",
)
parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true")
parser.add_argument(
"sources",
nargs="*",
help='Sources are separated by "+" and each source consists of an input file followed by segments.'
' Segments are separated by spaces and formatted as "start-end" and you can omit one of the endpoints, e.g. "05:00-07:00," "5-6," "0-," "-5."',
)
parser.add_argument("output", help="The output file")
def _split_args(args: list[str]) -> list[list[str]]:
ret: list[list[str]] = []
while 1:
if "+" not in args:
ret.append(args)
break
pi = args.index("+")
ret.append(args[:pi])
args = args[pi + 1 :]
return ret
def main():
args = parser.parse_args()
sources: list[list[str]] = _split_args(args.sources)
media_list, segments = parse_sources(sources)
if args.verbose:
print("Found segments:", segments, end="\n\n")
print(generate_ffmpeg_args(media_list, segments, args.output))
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
# this segment file is equivalent to "tricat.py input.mp4 fadein-.5s 05:00-06:00 1-10 1:00:05.245-1:10:01.024 fadeout-.5s + example_segments2.txt + some_other_video.mp4 -5 2:00- <output file>"
input.mp4 fadein-.5s 05:00-06:00 1-10 1:00:05.245-1:10:01.024 fadeout-.5s
# this will include segments from example_segments2.txt
example_segments2.txt
# "-5" is the shorthand for "00:00-00:05" or "-to 00:05"
# likewise, "2:00-" behaves like "-ss 2:00"
some_other_video.mp4 -5 2:00-
input2.mp4 -5 fadeout-1s # trim input2.mp4 from 00:00 to 05:00 then add a 1 second fadeout
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