ffmpegProfilerFindingOptimalSettings
A profiler for FFMPEG that helps you find the optimal settings to encode a good quality video while consuming minimum resources.
Requirement
Python 3.6+ (for this project, Python 3.9.13 was used).
- To install required packages, use:
pip install -r requirements.txt. (There are also automated tools like pipreqs, pipreqsnb or pigar, which can install the required packages). - Install
sudo apt install ffmpeg ffprobe.
ffmpeg-quality-metrics is planend to be used for image quality metrics. The sewar package could also be attempted for image quality metrics. The opencv-contrib-python package is used by the test cases for extracting frames from videos.
Running the test cases
First install PyTest: pip install pytest==7.1.2.
At the program's root directory, run pytest.
You can also run tests in the following ways:
- Tests in a module:
pytest tests/test_mod.py - Tests in a directory:
pytest tests/testing/ - Tests by keyword expressions:
pytest -k "MyClass and not method" - and more.