framecat 0.1.5

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FrameCat

Use this tool to automate video and gif generation from (Meshcat-generated) frame sequences.

Install package

pip install framecat

Install external libraries

FFmpeg

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg
ffmpeg --version

gifsicle

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y gifsicle
gifsicle --version

Quick start

• Make sure you're not inside a Docker container.
• cd to the root folder ~/workspace/framecat.

user@username~/workspace/framecat$

LATEST mode

• execute the command in the LATEST input mode:

python cli/render.py latest --output-names name1 name2

• this will pull the latest 2 .tar files created in the --input-folder (defaults to ~/Downloads).
• rename the .tar files as name1.tar and name2.tar.
• create a video, a GIF and a lossy GIF for each .tar file.
• store them in the --output-folder (defaults to ~/Videos/meshcat).

BY-NAME mode

• execute the command in the BY-NAME input mode:

python cli/render.py ny-name --input-names in_name1 --output-names out_name1`

• this will pull the in_name1.tar file from the --input-folder (defaults to ~/Downloads).
• rename the .tar file as out_name1.tar.
• create a video, a GIF and a lossy GIF for each .tar file.
• store these in the --output-folder (defaults to ~/Videos/meshcat).