Batch add timecode stamps to videos
A python script which can add video filename and timecode stamp to a video. The timecode as well as required video information are loaded from a CSV file, created from scratch or exported from the Tentacle Timecode Tool. This little freeware can extract timecode recorded on the audio track from multiple videos and export it as CSV.
Required columns are File Path, File Name, Audio TC and Framerate. An optional Rotation column can be added to rotate the video during encoding. Supported values are -90, 90 and 180. Write 0 for no rotation.
The videos are re-encoded using ffmpeg. The script can work as a batch, by loading videos from multiple entries in the CSV file.
See requirements.txt
Additionnaly you will need ffmpeg installed and running on your PC. You should already, as it's an amazing tool! Tons of tutorials online to install it.
The script is running in Python 2.7 and 3.8 environments.
Simply call the timecode_stamp function with following arguments:
REQUIRED:
- video_dir: Path to directory containing video files
- csv_file: Path to csv file containing timecode and video information
OPTIONAL:
- out_dir ('out_TC' by default) output directory
- font_path (fonts/arial.ttf by default) path to font
- font_factor (15 by default) font size factor (video height / value), the higher the value, the smaller the font size
- overwrite (False by default) overwrite video files in the output folder if they already exist
- open_dir (True by default) opens output directory at the end
video_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "medias")
csv_file = os.path.join(video_dir, 'tc.csv')
timecode_stamp(video_dir, csv_file, out_dir = None, font_path = 'font.ttf', font_factor = 25, overwrite = True, open_dir = True)