ncmpeg

ncmpeg is a terminal-based UI for FFmpeg, built with Python and ncurses.
It removes the need to memorize long command-line flags and gives you a fast, minimal way to handle common media tasks directly from your terminal.

Features

Video

• Convert formats
• Cut by start and end time
• Merge multiple video files
• Resize, crop, rotate or flip
• Burn hardcoded .srt subtitles
• Extract frames to PNG
• Generate GIFs
• Change playback speed (with audio)
• Overlay an image or watermark
• Strip metadata
• Display video info using ffprobe

Audio

• Extract audio from video
• Adjust volume
• Normalize loudness
• Change audio playback speed
• Strip metadata
• Display audio info using ffprobe

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install ncmpeg

Then run the app:

ncmpeg

To install from source:

git clone https://github.com/bearenbey/ncmpeg.git
cd ncmpeg
pip install .
ncmpeg

Dependencies:

• Python 3.8 or higher
• FFmpeg and ffprobe installed and available on your system

Usage

• Use ↑ ↓ to navigate through operations or files
• Use Tab to switch between the operations panel and the file panel
• Press Enter to select or confirm
• Press Esc to cancel input
• Press q to quit the app

The file panel shows the current working directory. You can refer to it while filling in filenames or parameters on the left.

License

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

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