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A lot of the issues raised in this post are well solved by commercial video editing software. For instance, markers and scene detection / edit lists in DaVinci

by netik 6y ago

A lot of the issues raised in this post are well solved by commercial video editing software. For instance, markers and scene detection / edit lists in DaVinci, or word by word editing with recognition in Descript. I feel like the OP should give them a try before trying to apply the universal script hammer to this problem. The ffmpeg line alone is frightening. Use of unix time instead of timecode is another problem here. It’s cool that he wrote this but it doesn’t conform to any video standards in use.

jjice 6y ago
My guess is that it was written because the author much prefers writing code and automating tasks to video editing, and it was worth the extra time for them to do that. Out of curiosity, do any commercial video editing programs offer automation/scripting? That seems like a great place for scripting to be available to help alleviate common tedious tasks, if it's not already there. I think that could lead to a best of both worlds.
- netik 6y ago
  descript is the only thing I’ve seen that turns video editing into something resembling word processing - it gets very jump cut-y and jerky but most people are used to it in the TikTok/YT era. It’s terrifically buggy right now but as a PoC it’s amazing.
- netik 6y ago
  oh, and scripting wise you can fully automate davinci with python.
- kfarr 6y ago
  Yes there are many existing automation options for video production applications. For example, the concept of a portable EDL (edit decision list) file is already well established in the industry for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list Scripting languages are also available for specific post production applications such as Final Cut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FXScript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FXScript Then there grew a whole crop of cloud-based scripted content generators like stupeflix, sundaysky, idomoo.com. I think the author did a great job creating a fun project and explaining the ffmpeg workflow, but a video professional has many off-the-shelf options already.
moyix 6y ago
The author seems to be using OpenBSD, so I imagine that rather limits their options.

by netik 6y ago

jjice 6y ago

My guess is that it was written because the author much prefers writing code and automating tasks to video editing, and it was worth the extra time for them to do that. Out of curiosity, do any commercial video editing programs offer automation/scripting? That seems like a great place for scripting to be available to help alleviate common tedious tasks, if it's not already there. I think that could lead to a best of both worlds.

netik 6y ago
descript is the only thing I’ve seen that turns video editing into something resembling word processing - it gets very jump cut-y and jerky but most people are used to it in the TikTok/YT era. It’s terrifically buggy right now but as a PoC it’s amazing.
netik 6y ago
oh, and scripting wise you can fully automate davinci with python.
kfarr 6y ago
Yes there are many existing automation options for video production applications. For example, the concept of a portable EDL (edit decision list) file is already well established in the industry for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_decision_list Scripting languages are also available for specific post production applications such as Final Cut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FXScript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FXScript Then there grew a whole crop of cloud-based scripted content generators like stupeflix, sundaysky, idomoo.com. I think the author did a great job creating a fun project and explaining the ffmpeg workflow, but a video professional has many off-the-shelf options already.

moyix 6y ago

The author seems to be using OpenBSD, so I imagine that rather limits their options.