Datamoshing

This repository contains Python scripts to perform some datamoshing effects.

For details about how this works and what it does, please see this blog article.

Contents

Script	Description
Drop h264 I-Frames	Removes every reference frames from a video, except the first one. (poorly works)
Drop Xvid I-Frames	Removes every reference frames from a video, except the first one. (works great!)
Optical Flow Transfer	Transfer optical flow from one video to an image.
Audacity Scripting	Frame by frame datamoshing relying on Audacity.

Examples

Here are some videos made using those scripts (click on the thumbnails to see the videos):

Drop h264 I-Frames	Drop Xvid I-Frames	Optical Flow Transfer	Audacity Scripting

Demo

Here is a web demonstration where you may try different video sources (such as the webcam) and image sources to perform optical flow transfer.