this script will speed up (or slow down) video and audio via ffmpeg.
put the following in e.g., ~/.local/bin/mod-video-speed and chmod +x it.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import subprocess
import sys, re
this_file = sys.argv[0]
filename = this_file.split('/')[-1]
args = sys.argv[1:]
if len(args) != 3:
print(f'Error: need 3 args but you provided {len(args)}. {args}')
print(f'\n\tUSAGE: {filename} INFILE OUTFILE SPEED')
print(f'\n\tINFILE: input file (source)\n\tOUTFILE: output file (destination)')
print(f'\tSPEED: the speed of the output video in the format `2x` or `1.43x` -- must end with `x`')
sys.exit(1)
in_file = sys.argv[1]
out_file = sys.argv[2]
speed_raw = sys.argv[3]
speed_pattern = r'([0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)x'
speed_re = re.match(speed_pattern, speed_raw)
if speed_re is None:
print(f"Error: SPEED argument did not match `{speed_pattern}`\n\nExamples: `1x`, `0.5x`, `123.456x`, `99x`")
sys.exit(2)
speed = float(speed_re[1])
pts_speed = 1./speed
print(f"Processing {in_file} and modifying video speed to {speed}, outputting to {out_file}.")
ffmpeg_cmd_list = ['ffmpeg', '-i', in_file, '-filter_complex',
f"[0:v]setpts={pts_speed}*PTS[v];[0:a]atempo={speed}[a]",
'-map', '[v]', '-map', '[a]', out_file]
print(f"Running ffmpeg cmd: {' '.join(ffmpeg_cmd_list)}")
subprocess.run(ffmpeg_cmd_list)
license: public domain