Batch Processsing using FFMPEG in Python

ffmpeg-batch-processing.py

import sys
import subprocess
from pathlib import Path
import os

SOURCE_DIR = Path("../thumbnails")
TARGET_DIR = Path("../thumbnails_avif")

def main():
    print("Beginning!")
    print(f"Source Directory Exists : {SOURCE_DIR.exists()}")
    print(f"Target Directory Exists : {TARGET_DIR.exists()}")

    for file in os.listdir(SOURCE_DIR):
        print(f"processing : {file}")
        file_id = file.split(".")[0]
        cmd = f"ffmpeg -i {SOURCE_DIR/file} -c:v libaom-av1 -still-picture 1 {TARGET_DIR/file}"
        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True, shell=True)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()