VideoBarcode

Python script to take video files and make barcode visualizations of them

Heavily inspired to attempt this little program by https://www.partsnotincluded.com/framevis-video-visualizer/

I'd be lying if I said I didn't write any of this without referencing to that.

Preview Images:

• All were generated with a width of 1600px

Pixar's Soul with blur

Pixar's Soul without blur

Star Wars A New Hope with blur

Star Wars A New Hope without blur

DreamWorks How To Train Your Dragon with blur

DreamWorks How To Train Your Dragon without blur

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Usage:

usage: main.py [-h] -n NFRAMES [-b [BLUR]] [-w WIDTH] [-he HEIGHT] [-i [IMAGE]] source dest

positional arguments:
  source                Video filename
  dest                  Filename for the final image

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n NFRAMES, --nFrames NFRAMES
                        Number of frames in final visualization
  -b [BLUR], --blur [BLUR]
                        Amount to blur if desired. Default 100
  -w WIDTH, --width WIDTH
                        Specify the width of each slice, Default 1px
  -he HEIGHT, --height HEIGHT
                        Specify the height of each slice, Default calculates the height of the input frames
  -i [IMAGE], --image [IMAGE]
                        Apply the blur filter to an already generated image