diff --git a/README.md b/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index e86a0ab..0000000 --- a/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -# videocutting - -PHP Wrapper around ffmpeg to make cutting videos easier \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3fdb247 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +============ +videocutting +============ + +A small PHP Wrapper around ffmpeg to make cutting videos easier. + +This project provides a single executable file that wraps a Symfony console command. +The command itself accepts some arguments to cut out parts of a video file using ffmpeg. + +The resulting file will be moved to a dedicated folder structure. + +I'm currently developing this for myself in order to remove advertisements from recorded TV shows. +I'm using https://www.youtv.de/ to record stuff. + +Drawbacks +========= + +* Right now this script expects a specific file naming to extract information like season name. + +* Resulting file might be off between sound and video on some players (PS4 and my own TV). + Others work fine (Mozilla Firefox and VLC). + +Benefits +======== + +* Generates files very fast, by copying and not re encoding. + +Installation +============ + +Install requirements: + +* PHP 7.3 command line + +* ffmpeg + +#. Download / clone project. + +#. Run `composer install --no-dev -o` + +#. Execute executable `./cutvideo --help` to get instructions on how to use the script.