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NAME

Video::Generator - Perl class for video generation.

SYNOPSIS

my $obj = Video::Generator->new(%parameters);
my $type = $obj->create($out_path);

METHODS

new

my $obj = Video::Generator->new(%parameters);

Constructor.

  • delay_generator

    Delay generator.
    Default value is object below:
    Video::Delay::Const->new(
    'const' => 1000,
    )
  • duration

    Video duration used for implicit 'video_pattern' parameter.
    Possible suffixes are:
    - ms for milisendons.
    - s for seconds.
    - min for minute.
    - h for hour.
    Default value is 10000 (10s).
  • ffmpeg_pixel_format

    FFmpeg pixel format.
    Default value is undef, use default ffmpeg.
  • ffmpeg_video_codec

    FFmpeg video codec.
    Default value is undef, use default ffmpeg.
  • fps

    Frames per second.
    Default value is 60.
  • height

    Height.
    Default value is 1080.
  • image_generator

    Image generator.
    Default value is object below:
    Image::Random->new(
    'height' => $self->{'height'},
    'type' => $self->{'image_type'},
    'width' => $self->{'width'},
    )
  • image_type

    Image type used for implicit 'image_generator' parameter.
    List of supported types: bmp, gif, jpeg, png, pnm, raw, sgi, tga, tiff.
    Defult image type is 'bmp'.
  • temp_dir

    Temporary dir.
    Default value is File::Temp::tempdir().
  • verbose

    Verbose mode.
    Default value is 0.
  • video_pattern

    Video pattern generator.
    Default value is object below:
    Video::Pattern->new(
    'delay_generator' => $self->{'delay_generator'},
    'duration' => $self->{'duration'},
    'fps' => $self->{'fps'},
    'image_generator' => $self->{'image_generator'},
    )
  • width

    Width.
    Default value is 1920.

Returns instance of object.

create

my $type = $obj->create($out_path);

Create video.

Returns undef.

ERRORS

new():
From Class::Utils:
Unknown parameter '%s'.
From Image::Random:
Image type '%s' doesn't supported.
From Video::Pattern:
Parameter 'duration' must be numeric value or numeric value with time suffix.
Parameter 'fps' must be numeric value.
create():
Error with command '%s'.
STDERR, %s
..

EXAMPLE1

use strict;
use File::Path qw(rmtree);
use File::Spec::Functions qw(catfile);
use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
# Temporary directory.
my $temp_dir = tempdir();
# Object.
my $obj = Video::Generator->new;
# Create video.
my $video_file = catfile($temp_dir, 'foo.mpg');
$obj->create($video_file);
# Print out type.
system "ffprobe -hide_banner $video_file";
# Clean.
rmtree $temp_dir;
# Output:
# Input #0, mpeg, from '/tmp/GoCCk50JSO/foo.mpg':
# Duration: 00:00:09.98, start: 0.516667, bitrate: 1626 kb/s
# Stream #0:0[0x1e0]: Video: mpeg1video, yuv420p(tv), 1920x1080 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 104857 kb/s, 60 fps, 60 tbr, 90k tbn, 60 tbc

EXAMPLE2

use strict;
use File::Path qw(rmtree);
use File::Spec::Functions qw(catfile);
use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
# Temporary directory.
my $temp_dir = tempdir();
# Object.
my $obj = Video::Generator->new(
'verbose' => 1,
);
# Create video.
my $video_file = catfile($temp_dir, 'foo.mpg');
$obj->create($video_file);
# Clean.
rmtree $temp_dir;
# Output:
# Video pattern generator created images for video in temporary directory.
# Created video file.
# Removed temporary directory.

DEPENDENCIES

Class::Utils, Error::Pure, FFmpeg::Command, File::Path, File::Spec::Functions, File::Temp, Image::Random, Readonly, Video::Delay::Const, Video::Pattern.

SEE ALSO

Image::Random

Perl class for creating random image.

Image::Select

Selecting image from images directory.

Image::Select::Array

Selecting image from list with checking.

Image::Select::Date

Selecting image from images directory by date.

Video::Delay

Perl classes for delays between frames generation.

Video::Pattern

Video class for frame generation.

REPOSITORY

https://github.com/michal-josef-spacek/Video-Generator.

AUTHOR

Michal Josef Špaček mailto:skim@cpan.org

http://skim.cz

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

© 2014-2023 Michal Josef Špaček

BSD 2-Clause License

VERSION

0.10