#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Extracts the first 1.5 minutes of a video into: - a video-only file (no audio) - an audio-only file (no video) Output goes into an 'extracted' folder next to this script. Requires: ffmpeg installed and on PATH. """ import subprocess import os import sys import shutil # ─── Hardcoded input (relative to this script's directory) ─── inputs = [ "/path/to/movie_b.mp4", "/path/to/movie_a.mkv" ] INPUT_FILES = [] for input_file in inputs: INPUT_FILES.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), input_file)) DURATION = 90 # 1.5 minutes in seconds OUT_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "extracted") # ─── Check ffmpeg ─── if shutil.which(f"ffmpeg") is None: sys.exit(f"ERROR: 'ffmpeg' not found on PATH. Install it and try again.") # ─── Prepare output folder ─── os.makedirs(OUT_DIR, exist_ok=True) for INPUT_FILE in INPUT_FILES: # ─── Derive output filenames ─── stem = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(INPUT_FILE))[0] video_out = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, f"{stem}_video.mkv") audio_out = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, f"{stem}_audio.mp3") print(f"Input : {INPUT_FILE}") print(f"Video → {video_out}") print(f"Audio → {audio_out}") print(f"-" * 50) # ─── Extract video-only (first 90s, no audio) ─── cmd_video = [ "ffmpeg", "-y", # overwrite output "-i", INPUT_FILE, "-t", str(DURATION), "-an", # no audio "-c:v", "copy", # copy video stream (no re-encode = fast + lossless) video_out ] print(f"[video: {stem}] running ffmpeg…") r = subprocess.run(cmd_video, capture_output=True, text=True) if r.returncode != 0: sys.exit(f"ffmpeg (video) failed:\n{r.stderr}") print(f"[video: {stem}] done ✔") # ─── Extract audio-only (first 90s, no video) ─── cmd_audio = [ "ffmpeg", "-y", "-i", INPUT_FILE, "-t", str(DURATION), "-vn", # no video "-c:a", "libmp3lame", "-b:a", "192k", # 192 kbps audio_out ] print(f"[audio: {stem}] running ffmpeg…") r = subprocess.run(cmd_audio, capture_output=True, text=True) if r.returncode != 0: sys.exit(f"ffmpeg (audio) failed:\n{r.stderr}") print(f"[audio: {stem}] done ✔") print(f"-" * 50) print(f"All done. Files are in:", OUT_DIR)