Video Stepper

Author	Email
Jack McVeigh	[email protected]

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Purpose

To view view frame by frame footage of any mp4 video.

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Overview

The originally intended use was to view a loop of all nine main Star Wars movies buffered frame by frame with the effect of a slideshow. Now, the tool can play playlists of movies/tv shows, such as the Star Wars franchise and Friends, or single videos such as single movies or homemade movies.

Note: Users must supply their own, legally acquired mp4 files for use.

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Installation

To install, run the following:

git clone https://github.com/jmcveigh55/video-stepper.git
cd video-stepper
source venv/bin/activate
pip3 install .

Use

• To play a video:

source venv/bin/activate
video-stepper video.mp4 &

• To play a video with custom framerate:

source venv/bin/activate
video-stepper video.mp4 -f 0.25 &

• To play a playlist:

The playlist should be in the format:

{
   ...,
   "data": [
       "video-1.mp4",
       "video-2.mp4",
       ...
   ],
   ...
}

or

video_name,...
video-1.mp4,...
video-2.mp4,...

Run the following:

source venv/bin/activate
video-stepper -p playlist.json &

or

source venv/bin/activate
video-stepper -p playlist.json &

• To loop indefinitely when using a playlist:

source venv/bin/activate
video-stepper -p playlist.json -l &

• To shuffle a playlist (When used with looping, playlist is shuffled each iteration):

video-stepper -p playlist.json -s