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cleanvid

Latest Version Docker Image

cleanvid is a little script to mute profanity in video files in a few simple steps:

  1. The user provides as input a video file and matching .srt subtitle file. If subtitles are not provided explicitly, they will be extracted from the video file if possible; if not, subliminal is used to attempt to download the best matching .srt file.
  2. pysrt is used to parse the .srt file, and each entry is checked against a list of profanity or other words or phrases you'd like muted. Mappings can be provided (eg., map "sh*t" to "poop"), otherwise the word will be replaced with *****.
  3. A new "clean" .srt file is created. with only those phrases containing the censored/replaced objectional language.
  4. ffmpeg is used to create a cleaned video file. This file contains the original video stream, but the specified audio stream is muted during the segments containing objectional language. That audio stream is re-encoded and remultiplexed back together with the video. Optionally, the clean .srt file can be embedded in the cleaned video file as a subtitle track.

You can then use your favorite media player to play the cleaned video file together with the cleaned subtitles.

As an alternative to creating a new video file, cleanvid can create a simple EDL file (see the mplayer or KODI documentation) or a custom JSON definition file for PlexAutoSkip.

cleanvid is part of a family of projects with similar goals:

Installation

Using pip, to install the latest release from PyPI:

python3 -m pip install -U cleanvid

Or to install directly from GitHub:

python3 -m pip install -U 'git+https://github.com/mmguero/cleanvid'

Prerequisites

cleanvid requires:

To install FFmpeg, use your operating system's package manager or install binaries from ffmpeg.org. The Python dependencies will be installed automatically if you are using pip to install cleanvid.

usage

usage: cleanvid [-h] [-s <srt>] -i <input video> [-o <output video>] [--plex-auto-skip-json <output JSON>] [--plex-auto-skip-id <content identifier>] [--subs-output <output srt>]
                [-w <profanity file>] [-l <language>] [-p <int>] [-e] [-f] [--subs-only] [--offline] [--edl] [--json] [--re-encode-video] [--re-encode-audio] [-b] [-v VPARAMS] [-a APARAMS]
                [-d] [--audio-stream-index <int>] [--audio-stream-list] [--threads-input <int>] [--threads-encoding <int>] [--threads <int>]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -s <srt>, --subs <srt>
                        .srt subtitle file (will attempt auto-download if unspecified and not --offline)
  -i <input video>, --input <input video>
                        input video file
  -o <output video>, --output <output video>
                        output video file
  --plex-auto-skip-json <output JSON>
                        custom JSON file for PlexAutoSkip (also implies --subs-only)
  --plex-auto-skip-id <content identifier>
                        content identifier for PlexAutoSkip (also implies --subs-only)
  --subs-output <output srt>
                        output subtitle file
  -w <profanity file>, --swears <profanity file>
                        text file containing profanity (with optional mapping)
  -l <language>, --lang <language>
                        language for extracting srt from video file or srt download (default is "eng")
  -p <int>, --pad <int>
                        pad (seconds) around profanity
  -e, --embed-subs      embed subtitles in resulting video file
  -f, --full-subs       include all subtitles in output subtitle file (not just scrubbed)
  --subs-only           only operate on subtitles (do not alter audio)
  --offline             don't attempt to download subtitles
  --edl                 generate MPlayer EDL file with mute actions (also implies --subs-only)
  --json                generate JSON file with muted subtitles and their contents
  --re-encode-video     Re-encode video
  --re-encode-audio     Re-encode audio
  -b, --burn            Hard-coded subtitles (implies re-encode)
  -v VPARAMS, --video-params VPARAMS
                        Video parameters for ffmpeg (only if re-encoding)
  -a APARAMS, --audio-params APARAMS
                        Audio parameters for ffmpeg
  -d, --downmix         Downmix to stereo (if not already stereo)
  --audio-stream-index <int>
                        Index of audio stream to process
  --audio-stream-list   Show list of audio streams (to get index for --audio-stream-index)
  --threads-input <int>
                        ffmpeg global options -threads value
  --threads-encoding <int>
                        ffmpeg encoding options -threads value
  --threads <int>       ffmpeg -threads value (for both global options and encoding)

Docker

Alternately, a Dockerfile is provided to allow you to run cleanvid in Docker. You can build the oci.guero.top/cleanvid:latest Docker image with build_docker.sh, then run cleanvid-docker.sh inside the directory where your video/subtitle files are located.

Contributing

If you'd like to help improve cleanvid, pull requests will be welcomed!

Authors

  • Seth Grover - Initial work - mmguero

License

This project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to: