The example script is in 04/11_create_video_thumbnail.py. It consists of the following code:
import subprocessvideo_file = 'BigBuckBunny.mp4'thumbnail_file = 'thumbnail.jpg'subprocess.call(['ffmpeg', '-i', video_file, '-ss', '00:01:03.000', '-vframes', '1', thumbnail_file, "-y"])
When run you will see output from ffmpeg:
built with Apple LLVM version 8.1.0 (clang-802.0.42) configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/3.3.4 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-opencl --enable-videotoolbox --disable-lzma --enable-vda libavutil 55. 58.100 / 55. 58.100 ...
