Right Click Compress

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This project adds right-click context menu options in Windows for compressing images and videos without significant loss in visual quality.

Note: In some cases (especially with .png) the image may not reduce in size if it was compressed prior.

Features

• Adds context menu options for compressing images and videos.
• Supports a variety of file formats including .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .mp4, .mov, .wav, .avi, and .webp.
• Utilizes FFmpeg for compression.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Windows OS
• FFmpeg

Installation

1. Clone or download the repository to your local machine.
2. Ensure FFmpeg is installed and added to your system PATH.
3. Run install.bat to add the context menu options.
   • This will create registry entries for the context menu options.
4. (Optional) Run uninstall.bat as an administrator to remove the context menu options if needed.

Usage

1. Right-click on a supported file.
2. Select 'Compress' from the context menu to compress the file.
   • Compressed images will retain their original file format.
   • Compressed videos will be output as .mp4 files.

File Structure

• src/
  • install.py: Script for installing the context menu options.
  • uninstall.py: Script for uninstalling the context menu options.
  • compress.py: Script for handling compression tasks.
  • run.bat: Batch file for executing compress.py from the context menu.
• README.md: Project documentation.
• install.bat: A batch file to make running install.py easier.
• uninstall.bat: A batch file to make running uninstall.py easier.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request or create issues for bugs and feature requests.

MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.