Auto-Editor is a command line application for automatically editing video and audio by analyzing a variety of methods, most notability audio loudness.

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Before doing the real editing, you first cut out the "dead space" which is typically silence. This is known as a "first pass". Cutting these is a boring task, especially if the video is very long.

auto-editor path/to/your/video.mp4

Installing

pip install auto-editor

See Installing for additional information.

Cutting

Change the pace of the edited video by using --frame-margin.

--frame-margin will including small sections that are next to loud parts. A frame margin of 8 will add up to 8 frames before and 8 frames after the loud part.

auto-editor example.mp4 --frame-margin 8

Set how cuts are made

Use the --edit option to change how auto-editor makes automated cuts.

For example, edit out motionlessness in a video by setting --edit motion.

# cut out sections where percentage of motion is less than 2.
auto-editor example.mp4 --edit motion:threshold=2%

# --edit is set to "audio" by default
auto-editor example.mp4 --silent-threshold 4%

# audio and motion thresholds are toggled independently
auto-editor example.mp4 --edit 'audio:threshold=3% or motion:threshold=6%'

See what auto-editor cuts out

To export what auto-editor normally cuts out. Set --video-speed to 99999 and --silent-speed to 1. This is the reverse of the usual default values.

auto-editor example.mp4 --video-speed 99999 --silent-speed 1

Exporting to Editors

Create an XML file that can be imported to Adobe Premiere Pro using this command:

auto-editor example.mp4 --export premiere

Similar commands exist for:

• --export final-cut-pro for Final Cut Pro.
• --export shotcut for ShotCut.

Other editors, like Sony Vegas, can understand the premiere format. If your favorite editor doesn't, you can use --export clip-sequence which creates many video clips that can be imported and manipulated like normal.

Manual Editing

Use the --cut-out option to always remove a section.

# Cut out the first 10 seconds.
auto-editor example.mp4 --cut-out start,10sec

# Cut out the first 10 frames.
auto-editor example.mp4 --cut-out start,10

# Cut out the last 10 seconds.
auto-editor example.mp4 --cut-out -10sec,end

# Cut out the first 10 seconds and cut out the range from 15 seconds to 20 seconds.
auto-editor example.mp4 --cut-out start,10sec 15sec,20sec

And of course, all the audio cuts still apply.

If you don't want any automatic cuts, use --edit none

# Cut out the first 5 seconds, leave the rest untouched.
auto-editor example.mp4 --edit none --cut-out start,5sec

And the inverse

# Leave in the first 5 seconds, cut everything else out.
auto-editor example.mp4 --edit all --add-in start,5sec

More Options

List all available options:

auto-editor --help

Use --help with a specific option for more information:

auto-editor --scale --help
  --scale
    Scale the output media file by a certain factor.

    type: float_type
    default: 1

Auto-Editor is available on all platforms

Articles

• How to Install Auto-Editor
• All the Options (And What They Do)
• Supported Media
• What is Range Syntax
• Subcommands
• GPU Acceleration

Copyright

Auto-Editor is under the Public Domain but contains non-free elements. See this page for more info.

Issues

If you have a bug or a code suggestion, you can create a new issue here. If you'll like to discuss this project, suggest new features, or chat with other users, you can use the discord server.