Manual¶

Name¶

MediaCurator

Synopsis¶

./curator.py [list,convert] [-del]
    [-in:any,avi,mkv,wmv,mpg,mp4,m4v,flv,vid]
    [-filters:fferror,old,lowres,hd,720p,1080p,uhd,mpeg,mpeg4,x264,wmv3,wmv]
    [-out:mkv/mp4,x265/av1]
    [-print:list,formated,verbose]
    [-dirs/-files:"/mnt/media/",,"/mnt/media2/"]

for multiple files or filenames use double comma separated values “,,”

default options are:

-in:any
-filters:
-out:mkv,x265
-print:list

Description¶

MediaCurator is a Python command line tool to manage a media database.

List all the video’s and their information with or without filters
Batch find and repair/convert videos with encoding errors
Batch recode videos to more modern codecs (x265 / AV1) based on filters: extentions, codecs, resolutions …

Options¶

list¶

Search and list videos filtered by the parameters passed by the user.

convert¶

Search and convert all videos filtered by the parameters passed by the user.

-del:¶

Delete all original videos once selected operations have been done succefully.

See Warnings

-in:¶

[any,avi,mkv,wmv,mpg,mp4,m4v,flv,vid]

Search all videos of the selected container extensions in the directories. By default it will include any file format.

-filters:¶

[fferror,old,lowres,hd,720p,1080p,uhd,mpeg,mpeg4,x264,wmv3,wmv]

Filter the selected videos for parameters:

fferror: Select all videos with encoding errors (See Errors)
old: Select all videos using old codecs (Everything except hevc or av1)
hd: 720p, 1080p, uhd
lowres: Everything not hd
uhd: if width >= 2160 or height >= 2160
1080p: if less than uhd and width >= 1440 or height >= 1080
720p: if less than 1080p and width >= 1280 or height >= 720:
sd: if less than 720p and if height >= 480
subsd: Substandard definitions: Everything under 480p
mpeg,mpeg4,x264,wmv3,wmv: Filter for videos encoded in the requested video codec

-out:¶

[mkv/mp4,x265/av1]

Select the outputs for the video conversions

mkv: (Default) Package the resulting video in a Matroska container.
mp4: Package the resulting video in a container.
x265/hevc: (Default) Encode the video using the x265 compression format.
av1: Encode the video using the AOMedia Video 1 compression format. This will be used as default once the developpers at FFmpeg move it out of experimental .

-print:¶

[list,formated,verbose]

list: (Default) Print the information about the videos on a single line

formated: Print the information in an aerated format

verbose: Print the FFmpeg output during the video conversions

-dirs:¶

[“/mnt/media/”,,”/mnt/media2/”]

The directories to scan as a double comma separated values list.

-files:¶

[“/mnt/media/video.avi”,,”/mnt/media2/video2.mp4”]

Specific videos to include as a double comma separated values list.

Examples¶

# List all videos with old codec in formated format
./curator.py list -filters:old -print:formated -dirs:/mnt/media/ >> ../medlist.txt
# Convert all videos with the codec mpeg4 in a mp4 using the av1 video codec and the delete the originals
./curator.py convert -del -filters:mpeg4 -out:av1,mp4 -dirs:"/mnt/media/Movies/"
# Convert any video with avi or mpg extensions, print formated text including ffmpeg's output and then delete the originals
./curator.py convert -del -in:avi,mpg -print:formated,verbose -dirs:/mnt/media/

More examples in Use cases

Author¶

Fabrice Quenneville