Function compile

ffmpeg/_run.py:175–190

Build command-line for invoking ffmpeg. The :meth:`run` function uses this to build the commnad line arguments and should work in most cases, but calling this function directly is useful for debugging or if you need to invoke ffmpeg manually for whatever reason. This is the sam

(stream_spec, cmd='ffmpeg', overwrite_output=False)

@output_operator()
def compile(stream_spec, cmd='ffmpeg', overwrite_output=False):
    """Build command-line for invoking ffmpeg.

    The :meth:`run` function uses this to build the commnad line
    arguments and should work in most cases, but calling this function
    directly is useful for debugging or if you need to invoke ffmpeg
    manually for whatever reason.

    This is the same as calling :meth:`get_args` except that it also
    includes the ``ffmpeg`` command as the first argument.
    """
    if isinstance(cmd, basestring):
        cmd = [cmd]
    elif type(cmd) != list:
        cmd = list(cmd)
    return cmd + get_args(stream_spec, overwrite_output=overwrite_output)


@output_operator()