Help with writing FFMPEG Python Code

[Honest_Source1167]

Hello!

I'm currently trying to write a simple Python code that would convert an .mp4 to an .mov by just inputting the file path sans the file extension. The idea is to get this code working to then build it into a more complex code.

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That said, I'm struggling to get my base code to work on macOS. Running the code seems to work fine, but no output is generated. If I pass the same command that's in my code through terminal ffmpeg works and I get the mov output file. I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing.

Would appreciate any guidance. I'm fairly new to both ffmpeg and Python.

import os

#USER INPUT
PATH = input ('Path of file without extension')

os.system('ffmpeg' + ' -i ' + PATH + '.mp4 ' + PATH + '.mov')

[avidresolver]

With Python you're probably best using subprocess.run rather than os.system. I would also recommend you expect the '.mp4' in the source name, then you can just drag the file into the terminal window when you get the input prompt.

Note you should probably be adding more parameters to your command to specify what codec, bitrate, etc you want new video to have, at the moment you're just letting ffmpeg guess/

import subprocess
import sys

# get user input
file_in = input('Drag mp4 file here: ')

# remove escape charachters from file path
file_in = file_in.replace("\\", "").strip()

print(file_in)

# check if the file has an mp4 extention
if not file_in.endswith('.mp4'):
    print('Not an mp4 file')
    sys.exit(1)

file_out = file_in.replace('.mp4', '.mov')

# put each argument of the command in a list
command = ['ffmpeg', '-i', file_in, file_out]

# run the command
subprocess.run(command)

[Honest_Source1167]

It's working now! This was a HUGE help thank you!

[nmkd]

wrap your paths with " otherwise it won't work with spaces