diogo364 / cli-frame-extractor

Frame Extractor CLI

Description

This CLI program extracts frames throughout a video length.

Table of contents

• Frame Extractor CLI
  • Description
  • Table of contents
  • How to use
    • Frame Extractor
      • Description:
      • CLI Parameters:
      • Example of usage:
    • Instalation
  • Technologies
  • Autor

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How to use

Frame Extractor

Description:

CLI application to extract frames from all videos within a specific directory A, saving them as png images within a root directory B following the same folder structure.

By calling the CLI application you will define the root directory for all videos, A, and the root directory for all frames to be saved, B. The same folder structure WILL be created within directory B if it is different from A

CLI Parameters:

• -i or --input_dir:
  • Root directory for video searching.
• -o or --output-dir:
  • Root directory for frame saving.
• -n or --frames:
  • Frame rate or number of frames to be taken from the video:
    • Int: Number of frames to be taken.
    • Float: Frame rate in which a frame will be taken.
• -e or --extension:
  • Extension of the video to be searched.
    • Default: MP4

Example of usage:

$ python main.py -i ./videos -o ./frames -n 10 -e MP4

Instalation

All requirements are in the requirements.txt file. From pip, just run in the terminal the following command and you are ready to go.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Technologies

• Python>=3.8
• OpenCV>=4.5

Autor

Diogo Nascimento