dirty-helpers/make-video-thumbnails

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# call pyvideothumbnailer for every video file found
#
# calculates rows based on the duration of the video

import math
import os
import subprocess

from pymediainfo import MediaInfo


VERBOSE = False

def is_video_file(video_file_path, video_extensions):
    return video_file_path.lower().endswith(tuple(video_extensions))

def find_video_files(directory, video_extensions):
    # Recursively walk through directory
    for dirpath, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
        for filename in files:
            filename_path = os.path.join(dirpath, filename)
            if is_video_file(filename_path, video_extensions):
                yield os.path.abspath(filename_path)


def get_video_duration(video_file_path):
    # Get media information
    media_info = MediaInfo.parse(video_file_path)

    # Iterate through tracks in the media file
    for track in media_info.tracks:
        # If the track type is video
        if track.track_type == "Video":
            # Get duration and return it
            duration_str = track.duration
            duration_sec = float(duration_str) / 1000  # Convert to seconds
            return duration_sec

    # Return None if no video track found
    return None


def call_thumbnailer(video_file, width, rows, *, skip_seconds=10):
    # Call external thumbnailer program
    subprocess.run(
        [
            "pyvideothumbnailer",
            "--width",
            str(width),
            "--rows",
            str(rows),
            "--jpeg-quality",
            str(90),
            "--skip-seconds",
            str(skip_seconds),
            video_file,
        ]
    )


def main():
    VIDEO_FILE_EXT = [".mp4", ".mkv", ".avi", ".mov", ".wmv"]
    video_files = find_video_files(".", VIDEO_FILE_EXT)

    for video_file in video_files:
        # Skip if .jpg file already exists
        thumbnails_file = video_file + ".jpg"
        if os.path.exists(thumbnails_file):
            if VERBOSE:
                print(f"Skipping: {video_file} (thumbnails already exist)")
            continue

        try:
            duration = get_video_duration(video_file)
            if duration is not None:
                # Calculate rows
                COLS = 4  # pyvideothumbnailer default
                EVERY = 5 * 60  # seconds
                rows = math.ceil(duration / EVERY / COLS)

                skip_seconds = 10
                if duration < 60:
                    skip_seconds = 0

                # Call the thumbnailer
                WIDTH = 1600
                call_thumbnailer(video_file, WIDTH, rows, skip_seconds=skip_seconds)
        except (TypeError, UnicodeEncodeError, FileNotFoundError) as e:
            print(f"Error for {video_file}: {e}")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()