SmugglerJPG

Store your photos (galleries) on youtube or any other video hosting or messenger (rutube / telegram / max) for free! (You can use "unlisted"/"private" visibility or even drafts to keep it private from public)

# create a slideshow (with music!) 
smugglerjpg create /path/to/images -o output.mp4 -a /path/to/music_folder -d 4.0

# upload to youtube
# download  (use yt-dlp or just studio.youtube.com)

# extract images from video
smugglerjpg extract /tmp/video_from_youtube.webm -o /tmp/extracted

Warning

Vibe-coded for personal purpose. Do not expect much quality from this project. (I do not trust LLM as programmers). But it works for me.

Installation

Method 1: Installing via pipx (Recommended for CLI)

You can install the CLI tool globally and safely in an isolated environment directly from the Git repository:

pipx install git+https://github.com/yaroslaff/smugglerjpg.git

Method 2: Installing from source

Clone the repository and install it in editable mode:

git clone https://github.com/yaroslaff/smugglerjpg.git
cd smugglerjpg
pip install -e .

Note: Video encoding and audio muxing require FFmpeg (including ffprobe) installed on your system.

CLI Usage

The smugglerjpg command becomes globally accessible after installation.

1. Create a Slideshow (create)

Generate a slideshow video from a directory of images and overlay background music:

smugglerjpg create /path/to/images -o output.mp4 -a /path/to/music_folder -d 4.0

Add -v to inspect the exact ffmpeg commands used:

smugglerjpg create -v /path/to/images -o output.mp4 -d 4.0

2. Extract Slides Back from Video (extract)

Extract original slides cleanly from any slideshow video:

smugglerjpg extract output.mp4 -o /path/to/extracted_images

The extractor auto-detects slide duration by analyzing frame differences, then grabs the center frame of each segment. If OpenCV cannot decode the video (e.g. AV1 codec), it falls back to ffmpeg automatically. Use -v to see the ffmpeg/ffprobe commands.