Note
MoviePy recently upgraded to v2.0, introducing major breaking changes. For more info on how to update your code for v2.0, see this guide.
MoviePy (online documentation here) is a Python library for video editing: cuts, concatenations, title insertions, video compositing (a.k.a. non-linear editing), video processing, and creation of custom effects.
MoviePy can read and write all the most common audio and video formats, including GIF, and runs on Windows/Mac/Linux, with Python 3.9+.
In this example we open a video file, select the subclip between 10 and 20 seconds, add a title at the center of the screen, and write the result to a new file:
# Import everything needed to edit video clips
from moviepy import *
# Load file example.mp4 and keep only the subclip from 00:00:10 to 00:00:20
clip = VideoFileClip("long_examples/example2.mp4").with_subclip(10, 20)
# Reduce the audio volume to 80% of its original volume
clip = clip.with_multiply_volume(0.8)
# Generate a text clip. You can customize the font, color, etc.
txt_clip = TextClip(font="example.ttf", text="Big Buck Bunny", font_size=70, color='white')
#The text clip should appear for 10s at the center of the screen
txt_clip = txt_clip.with_duration(10).with_position('center')
# Overlay the text clip on the first video clip
video = CompositeVideoClip([clip, txt_clip])
# Write the result to a file (many options available!)
video.write_videofile("result.mp4")Intall moviepy with pip install moviepy. For additional installation options, such as a custom FFMPEG or for previewing, see this section. For development, clone that repo locally and install with pip install -e .
The online documentation is automatically built at every push to the master branch. To build the documentation locally, install the extra dependencies via pip install moviepy[doc], then go to the docs folder and run make html.
MoviePy is open-source software originally written by Zulko and released under the MIT licence. The project is hosted on GitHub, where everyone is welcome to contribute and open issues or give feedback Please read our Contributing Guidelines. To ask for help or simply discuss usage and examples, use our Reddit channel.
- Zulko (owner)
- @osaajani led the development of v2 (MR)
- @tburrows13
- @mgaitan
- @earney
- @mbeacom
- @overdrivr
- @keikoro
- @ryanfox
- @mondeja
MoviePy is always looking for maintainers, and we'd love to hear about developers interested in giving a hand and solving some of the issues (especially the ones that affect you) or reviewing pull requests. Open an issue or contact us directly if you are interested. Thanks!
