vidtoolz-add-text 0.4.0

Add text to a video file

vidtoolz-add-text

Add text to a video file

Installation

First install vidtoolz.

pip install vidtoolz

Then install this plugin in the same environment as your vidtoolz application.

vidtoolz install vidtoolz-add-text

Usage

type vid addtext --help to get help

usage: vid addtext [-h] [-t TEXT] [-mt MULTI_TEXT] [-o OUTPUT]
                   [-p {top-left,top-right,bottom-left,bottom-right,center,bottom}]
                   [-st START_TIME] [-et END_TIME] [-f FONTSIZE]
                   [-pad PADDING] [-d DURATION]
                   main_video

Add text to a video file

positional arguments:
  main_video            Path to the main video file.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t TEXT, --text TEXT  Text to write
  -mt MULTI_TEXT, --multi-text MULTI_TEXT
                        Multi-text in format "text,start,duration". Can be
                        used multiple times. ex "hello,1:20,10"
  -o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
                        Output video file name (default: None)
  -p {top-left,top-right,bottom-left,bottom-right,center,bottom}, --position {top-left,top-right,bottom-left,bottom-right,center,bottom}
                        Position of the text (default: bottom)
  -st START_TIME, --start-time START_TIME
                        Start time when text should appear: (default: 0)
  -et END_TIME, --end-time END_TIME
                        End time when text should disappear. (default: None)
  -f FONTSIZE, --fontsize FONTSIZE
                        Fontsize (default: 50)
  -pad PADDING, --padding PADDING
                        Padding (default: 50)
  -d DURATION, --duration DURATION
                        Duration in seconds (default: 4)

Development

To set up this plugin locally, first checkout the code. Then create a new virtual environment:

cd vidtoolz-add-text
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

Now install the dependencies and test dependencies:

pip install -e '.[test]'

To run the tests:

python -m pytest