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Video Compressor

A Python script for compressing MOV video files using FFmpeg with advanced compression settings and progress tracking.

Features

• Compress MOV video files with customizable quality settings
• Support for high compression mode with optimized settings
• Two-pass encoding option for better compression results
• Real-time progress bar during compression
• Handles large video files (4GB+)
• Detailed compression statistics output

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• FFmpeg

Installation

1. Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/video-compressor.git
cd video-compressor

2. Install the required Python packages:

pip install tqdm

3. Ensure FFmpeg is installed on your system.

Usage

Basic compression:

python video_compressor.py input_video.mov

High compression mode:

python video_compressor.py input_video.mov --high-compression

Two-pass encoding (for better compression):

python video_compressor.py input_video.mov --high-compression --two-pass

Compression Settings

• Default mode: CRF 23, medium preset, 128k audio
• High compression mode: CRF 35, veryslow preset, 64k audio, 720p scaling
• Supports custom quality settings through the VideoCompressor class

Testing

Run the test suite:

python -m unittest test_video_compressor.py test_high_compression.py

License

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.