CM2C

Convert Movie To Cast (CM2C) is a Python application to convert a lot of video files with subtitle(s) to videos supported by Google Chromecast.

Movie extension supported are : mp4, mkv, m4v, avi, mov, mpegts, 3gp, webm, mpg, mpeg, wmv, ogv.

Git project

https://gitlab.com/ArMour85/CM2C

Creator

Arnaud Moura ([email protected]).

How it works

CM2C analize if the video must be converted to work with a Google Chromecast otherwise it convert the video in MP4 format with only one audio track and no subtitle track. By default, if there are several audio tracks, the english version is keeped.

If there is subtitle, you can burn subtitle into the video or only extract subtitle into SRT/ASS file. By default, if there are several subtitle tracks, the french version is extracted or burned because I'm french :).

Python compatibility

Python version 2.7 and newer.

Dependencies

FFmpeg version 3.0.1 and newer (https://ffmpeg.org/).

progressbar2 version 3.12.0 and newer (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/progressbar2/).

Install FFmpeg on Windows

To install FFmpeg on Windows you must download binaries here : https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/.

After you must add the FFmpeg binary folder path in the PATH environment variable.

Install FFmpeg on Mac

To install FFmpeg on Windows you must download binaries here : http://www.ffmpegmac.net/.

After you must add the FFmpeg binary folder path in the PATH environment variable.

Install FFmpeg on Linux

Run the command:

Debian, Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
Red Hat, Fedora: sudo yum install ffmpeg

Install

Run the following command in your terminal:

pip install cm2c

Run

To show application helper in your terminal:

cm2c --help

Usage

Help text:

Usage: cm2c.py folder [options]
       cm2c.py --file video [options]
       Video extension supported : .mp4, .mkv, .m4v, .avi, .mov, .mpegts, .3gp, .webm, .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv, .ogv

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --version         show version
  -f FILE, --file=FILE  video file path
  --force               convert the video(s) even if it already has the right
                        format
  -o, --overwrite       overwrite the converted files
  -n, --no_sub          no subtitle extracted and burn in video
  -b, --burn_sub        burn subtitle in the video
  --extract_all_sub     extract all subtitle and the option --burn_sub is
                        disable
  -e, --ext_sub         use external subtitle in SRT or ASS format to burn it in video, it must have the
                        same name of the video
  -s, --shutdown        shutdown after all conversions (Windows only)
  -p PRESET_NAME, --preset=PRESET_NAME
                        define the preset to convert the video(s) [ultrafast,
                        superfast, veryfast, faster, fast, medium, slow,
                        slower, veryslow] (default superfast). A slower preset
                        will provide better compression (compression is
                        quality per filesize).
  -a audio_name, --audio_language=audio_name
                        define the audio language (default eng)
  -l sub_lang, --sub_language=sub_lang
                        define the sub language (default fre, fr, und)
  -d sub_name, --sub_name_regex=sub_name
                        define the sub name by regex
  -r reg_ex, --regex=reg_ex
                        define regular expression apply on file names during
                        file parsing (python regex format)