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The friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists. It's your best friend.
Project dependencies
macOS/Linux
In the shell prompt, go to the place where you want the project to live. Paste that in a macOS Terminal or Linux shell prompt & run it.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/refs/heads/main/install.sh)"
Windows
Usage
Activate virtual environment
This will activate your virtual environment. Immediately, you will notice that your terminal path includes env, signifying an activated virtual environment.
source env/bin/activate
Check the installation
Get help and find out more about videobeaux
videobeaux --help
... outputs the following ...
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📺 The friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
🫂 It's your best friend!
🌐 https://schwwaaa.net
usage: videobeaux --program PROGRAM --input INPUT_FILE --output OUTPUT_FILE [program options]
options:
-P, --program PROGRAM
Name of the effect program to run (e.g. convert, glitch)
-i, --input INPUT Input video file - mp4 only
-o, --output OUTPUT Output file name, no extension. Output will be saved as mp4.
-F, --force Force overwrite output file
-h, --help Show help message and exit
Available Program Modes:
bad_animation extract_sound pickle_juice splitting
bad_contrast fever rb_blur stack_2x
bad_predator frame_delay_pro1 recalled_sensor steel_wash
ball_point_pen frame_delay_pro2 repainting stutter_pro
blur_pix ghostee resize t1000
broken_scroll light_snow reverse transcraibe
chain_builder looper_pro scrolling_pro twociz
chain_builder_pro lsd_feedback septic wbflare
convert mirror_delay silence_xtraction xrgb
digital_boss nostalgic_stutter slight_smear zapruder
double_cup num_edits smudge
download_yt overexposed_stutter soapblind
extract_frames overlay_img_pro speed
Good to go!
Examples
Running a program that does not have additional arguments
Check if the program needs additional arguments
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Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
https://schwwaaa.net
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Selected program mode: bad_predator
✅ This program mode does not require additional arguments
usage: python3 -m videobeaux.cli --program PROGRAM [global options] [program options]
📺 Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
It's your best friend!
https://schwwaaa.net
options:
-P PROGRAM, --program PROGRAM
Name of the effect program to run (e.g. convert, glitch)
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
Input video file - mp4 only
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output file name, no extension. Output will be saved as mp4.
-F, --force Force overwrite output file
-h, --help Show help message and exit
👁️ 👇 Additional help for program mode 👇 👁️
usage: videobeaux --program bad_predator [-h]
Apply bad Predator heat vision effect
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
Run the program
videobeaux --program PROGRAM --input INPUT_FILE --output OUTPUT_FILE
... translates to ...
videobeaux --program bad_predator --input example.mp4 --output example_bp.mp4
Output of the program
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\ V /| | (_| | __/ (_) | |_) | __/ (_| | |_| |> <
\_/ |_|\__,_|\___|\___/|_.__/ \___|\__,_|\__,_/_/\_\
Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
https://schwwaaa.net
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Selected program mode: bad_predator
✅ This program mode does not require additional arguments
Input duration: 10.01 seconds
🔨 Processing example.mp4: 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ | 10.01/10.01s [00:04<00:00]
📺 Process Complete: example_bp.mp4
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fe45aa80-9878-4d15-bc64-87dd25071855
Running a program that does have additional arguments
Check if the program needs additional arguments
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\ \ / / |/ _` |/ _ \/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \/ _` | | | \ \/ /
\ V /| | (_| | __/ (_) | |_) | __/ (_| | |_| |> <
\_/ |_|\__,_|\___|\___/|_.__/ \___|\__,_|\__,_/_/\_\
Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
https://schwwaaa.net
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Selected program mode: stutter_pro
usage: python3 -m videobeaux.cli --program PROGRAM [global options] [program options]
📺 Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
It's your best friend!
https://schwwaaa.net
options:
-P PROGRAM, --program PROGRAM
Name of the effect program to run (e.g. convert, glitch)
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
Input video file - mp4 only
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output file name, no extension. Output will be saved as mp4.
-F, --force Force overwrite output file
-h, --help Show help message and exit
👁️ 👇 Additional help for program mode 👇 👁️
usage: videobeaux --program stutter_pro [-h] --stutter STUTTER
Imagine watching a video where random frames are played instead of a smooth progression.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--stutter STUTTER Replaces the current video frame with a randomly selected one from the most recent N frames.The larger the value, the larger the variation.
Run the program
videobeaux --program PROGRAM --input INPUT_FILE --output OUTPUT_FILE --args ARGUMENTS
... translates to ...
videobeaux --program stutter_pro -i example.mp4 -o stutter_example.mp4 --stutter 2
Output of the program
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\ \ / / |/ _` |/ _ \/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \/ _` | | | \ \/ /
\ V /| | (_| | __/ (_) | |_) | __/ (_| | |_| |> <
\_/ |_|\__,_|\___|\___/|_.__/ \___|\__,_|\__,_/_/\_\
Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
https://schwwaaa.net
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Selected program mode: stutter_pro
Input duration: 10.01 seconds
🔨 Processing example.mp4: 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ | 10.01/10.01s [00:00<00:00]
📺 Process Complete: stutter_example.mp4
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fec22179-8e40-49e5-b591-c9d5fb07e31b
Running a program to chain process a video
Find out more information about the program
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\ V /| | (_| | __/ (_) | |_) | __/ (_| | |_| |> <
\_/ |_|\__,_|\___|\___/|_.__/ \___|\__,_|\__,_/_/\_\
Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
https://schwwaaa.net
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Selected program mode: chain_builder
usage: python3 -m videobeaux.cli --program PROGRAM [global options] [program options]
📺 Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
It's your best friend!
https://schwwaaa.net
options:
-P PROGRAM, --program PROGRAM
Name of the effect program to run (e.g. convert, glitch)
-i INPUT, --input INPUT
Input video file - mp4 only
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output file name, no extension. Output will be saved as mp4.
-F, --force Force overwrite output file
-h, --help Show help message and exit
👁️ 👇 Additional help for program mode 👇 👁️
usage: videobeaux --program chain_builder [-h] --chain CHAIN
The output of the first will be used as the input for the next, and so on.
Only supports program modes that do not require their own specific arguments.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--chain CHAIN A comma separated list of programs to run.
Run the program
videobeaux --program PROGRAM --input INPUT_FILE --output OUTPUT_FILE --chain CHAIN
... translates to ...
videobeaux --program chain_builder --input example.mp4 --output chainedoutput.mp4 --chain rb_blur,soapblind,lsd_feedback --force
Output of the program
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\ \ / / |/ _` |/ _ \/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \/ _` | | | \ \/ /
\ V /| | (_| | __/ (_) | |_) | __/ (_| | |_| |> <
\_/ |_|\__,_|\___|\___/|_.__/ \___|\__,_|\__,_/_/\_\
Your friendly multilateral video toolkit built for artists by artists.
https://schwwaaa.net
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Selected program mode: chain_builder
🔁 Running step 1/3: rb_blur
Input duration: 10.01 seconds
🔨 Processing example.mp4: 100%|██████████████████████████████████████████████████████ | 10.01/10.01s [00:00<00:00]
📺 Process Complete: /var/folders/jv/lp20pdtn4jsgjpxw710m0vkm0000gn/T/videobeaux_chain_z7ixo5cs/step_0_rb_blur.mp4
🔁 Running step 2/3: soapblind
Input duration: 10.03 seconds
🔨 Processing step_0_rb_blur.mp4: 100%|███████████████████████████████████████████████ | 10.03/10.03s [00:46<00:00]
📺 Process Complete: /var/folders/jv/lp20pdtn4jsgjpxw710m0vkm0000gn/T/videobeaux_chain_z7ixo5cs/step_1_soapblind.mp4
🔁 Running step 3/3: lsd_feedback
Input duration: 10.03 seconds
🔨 Processing step_1_soapblind.mp4: 100%|█████████████████████████████████████████████ | 10.03/10.03s [00:03<00:00]
📺 Process Complete: /var/folders/jv/lp20pdtn4jsgjpxw710m0vkm0000gn/T/videobeaux_chain_z7ixo5cs/step_2_lsd_feedback.mp4
✅ Final output written to chainedoutput.mp4
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ac321c77-4757-4846-b838-6847472e7e09
Available Programs
An overview of each program can be find in this YouTube playlist.
Effects
| Program | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
| bad_animation | Apply a bad animation effect | - |
| bad_contrast | Apply a bad constrast effect | - |
| ball_point_pen | Apply a ball point pen style effect | - |
| blur_pix | Extracting the silence out of a video file | - |
| bad_predator | Apply bad Predator heat vision effect | - |
| digital_boss | Apply busted gameboy style digital boss effect | - |
| double_cup | Apply the effect of purple drank | - |
| frame_delay_pro1 | Apply frame delay effect with parameter input | frame_quantity, frame_weights |
| frame_delay_pro2 | Apply frame delay effect with parameter input | decay, plane |
| ghostee | Apply a slight ghost effect | - |
| looper_pro | Apply video looper effect base on frame size & start frame | - |
| lsd_feedback | Apply LSD-like frame delay effect | - |
| mirror_delay | Apply a frame delay plus a mirrored effect | - |
| nostalgic_stutter | Apply frame stutter akin to a corrupted file | - |
| overexposed_stutter | Apply a frame stutter and exposing the video like the- | file is corrupted |
| overlay_img_pro | Overlay an image with location & dimension control | overlay_img, x_pos, y_pos, img_height, img_width |
| pickle_juice | Apply filter like the video was dipped in pickle juice | - |
| recalled_sensor | Apply filter like a sensor was broken and to-be recalled | - |
| repainting | Apply filter like repainting the same image while smudged with- | alcohol |
| resize | Resizing the dimensions of a video file | new_height, new_width |
| reverse | Reverse video file | - |
| scrolling_pro | Apply video scrolling effect with definable parameters | horiz_speed, vert_speed |
| scrolling | Apply static video scrolling effect | - |
| septic | Apply filter like a person in septic shock | - |
| slight_smear | Slightly smearing RGB color space | - |
| smudge | Smudging image slightly | - |
| soapblind | Apply filter like soap blinded eyes | - |
| speed | Change the video and audio speed of a file | speed_factor |
| stack_2x | Stack 2 videos on top of each other keeping the original- | orientation |
| steel_wash | Apply steel blue filter to video | - |
| stutter_pro | Apply frame stutter effect with definable parameters | stutter |
| t1000 | Apply filter from the perspective of liquid T-1000 | - |
| twociz | Apply filter from the perspective of a zombie on TC-1 hallucinogens | - |
| wbflare | Apply filter with a blown out white-balance flare | - |
| zapruder | Apply zapruder-film like effect | - |
| xrgb | Extreme RGB adjustment | - |
Utilities
| Program | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
| convert | Simple video file convert | - |
| convert_dims | Video file dimensions converter based on industry standards | - |
| download_yt | Video ripper | - |
| extract_frames | Extract individuals frames from a video file as PNGs | - |
| extract_sound | Extract audio from video file | - |
| silence_extraction | Extracting the silence out of a video file | min_d, max_d, adjuster |
| transraibe | AI-based transcription tool | stt_model |
Video Exaxmples
bad_animation
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1fa8de04-98ef-49f7-9415-616e07210f0e
bad_contrast
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/9ba59b08-79a8-4a09-8b18-c0fe90a6c5e2
bad_predator
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/0968ad50-cc97-4336-938f-01b47d86a7bd
ball_point_pen
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/10e703a5-5036-4c3e-83f6-be04476ad089
blur_pix
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/65403294-3e34-4ff8-816a-5de7c80c811d
broken_scroll
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/4cdebccc-8519-45c6-aded-089db73d20d2
digital_boss
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/23958066-f384-4801-9d91-5b2df6081a31
double_cup
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/83d30a18-40d1-42e4-aff3-dbd50d67a7d1
fever
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/b476426f-0ca6-4667-be40-97df932b9909
frame_delay_pro1-1
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/871ccdb9-ae2b-46e1-8b0f-0514eb92e1aa
frame_delay_pro1-2
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/0a727474-25cf-42ab-a717-583e12b4a04d
frame_delay_pro1-3
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/5ab60f24-b4e2-4e0e-abc0-cfab62e09cda
frame_delay_pro2-1
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/a88284bc-ca7e-4355-8f95-377434c61d13
frame_delay_pro2-2
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/acf571e7-7162-413f-80f8-769815093267
frame_delay_pro2-3
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/f717d419-687b-4cc3-ac07-64f45c763531
ghostee
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/87c8b569-5165-485d-ae09-7a8bbbe74051
lsd_feedback
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/9653929c-30ad-4c72-81c8-e3777c590783
looper_pro
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/01090d49-8626-4fc0-b55c-807d100a78fa
mirror_delay
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/a3dea5c6-03a6-4f65-951d-211f50457b63
nostalgic
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/3cef37d9-093f-4bd9-850c-4b163e8a3e01
overexposed_stutter
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/f7250a1e-3cf5-4826-977a-a5a18b231ddb
overlay_img_pro
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/3932d910-b898-4ed7-ba3a-288a708c0d83
pickle_juice
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/387bfff5-fbdd-423d-b482-8ab4d5ce744f
recalled_sensor
OMITTED DUE TO SIZE
repainting
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1770144d-4448-4719-8ef3-e44b720ec857
reverse
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/74367227-6fee-455f-af36-804a1e6d6cb6
scrolling_pro-1
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/e84cfb49-f72d-449e-833a-0271903704f4
scrolling_pro-2
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/19c6eef1-2bc0-4d84-b531-55f9ca07a912
scrolling_pro-3
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/4a4272de-e074-4e37-8c2d-a282f2d8be57
septic
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/25f65267-60fa-421a-aaf3-02918844a488
slight_smear
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/a7bca4c5-46b5-4b51-a827-6b8137d0117d
smudge
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9bb80e0b-bf16-49e7-b4e1-6c0c79b59c32
soapblind
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/28070fe5-52cd-42c9-93b7-a417c83add2d
speed
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/c27efdb1-ae81-4d8d-a153-de6294b7fedf
splitting
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b6c13707-aaa8-416e-9f80-5ca6a386cd0f
stack_2x
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/6f244aba-e741-46c9-9863-7fc43527a8d6
steel_wash
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/eea99448-9352-48f1-a1ec-b2cac6ad056d
stutter_pro-1
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/03e234fb-d0fe-4d72-a11c-dff1bc59fa83
stutter_pro-2
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/e6d8c14a-9f20-4365-bb1f-5f473289a855
stutter_pro-3
https://github.com/schwwaaa/videobeaux/assets/7625379/864835ba-dc9d-4392-aa77-2cc062e2b700
t1000
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5de6db36-f8d4-426e-9262-b9dbeb2095ae
twociz
OMITTED DUE TO SIZE
wbflare
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e2a5f065-163e-4bb9-8fd3-1edbfbdbab2a
zapruder
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cad79483-b21f-43b8-a1cd-91ed8406574a
xrgb
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c9644cd5-a584-4f0d-ada3-13046e6938a5
