Speed Up Video

Open video-speed in Script Kit

Very useful for making those AI screen recordings look better (=faster :D)

// Name: Speed Up Video
// Description: Speed up a video, optionally keeping the first and last X seconds at original speed
// Author: Strajk

import '@johnlindquist/kit';

// Get the video file path, either from selection or prompt
import { Choice } from '@johnlindquist/kit';
const videoPath = await getSelectedFile() || await path({ placeholder: 'Select a video file' });

const { stdout: videoDurationRaw } = await $`ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 ${videoPath}`
const videoDuration = parseFloat(videoDurationRaw)
// Not sure if best way of handling error states
if (!videoDuration || videoDuration < 1) {
  await div(`${videoPath} does not look like a video file, exiting`)
  exit()
}

const { dir, name, ext } = path.parse(videoPath);
const outputPath = path.join(dir, `${name}-adjusted${ext}`);


const speedOptions: Choice[] = [
  { name: `2x (${Math.round(videoDuration / 2)}s)`, value: 2 },
  { name: `3x (${Math.round(videoDuration / 3)}s)`, value: 3 },
  { name: `4x (${Math.round(videoDuration / 4)}s)`, value: 4 },
  { name: `5x (${Math.round(videoDuration / 5)}s)`, value: 5 },
];

// Prompt user to select a speed
const speedRaw = await arg({
  placeholder: `Select new playback speed, or enter a custom value`,
  hint: `Any number or ";5;3;6" for 5x speed-up, but first 3 and last 6s are kept at original speed`,
  choices: speedOptions,
  strict: false, // allow arbitrary input
});

let mode: 'simple' | 'complex' = speedRaw.includes?.(';') ? 'complex' : 'simple'

if (mode === 'simple') {
  let speed: number = parseFloat(speedRaw)
  // -filter:v means video filter
  // -filter:a means audio filter
  // for uploading to twitter, i'm setting fps to 30
  await term(`ffmpeg \
      -i "${videoPath}" \
      -filter:v "setpts=${1 / speed}*PTS,fps=30" \
      -filter:a "atempo=${speed}" \
      -y "${outputPath}"
    `)
} else {
  let [speedStr, introStr, outroStr] = speedRaw.split(';')
  let speed = parseFloat(speedStr)
  let intro = parseInt(introStr)
  let outro = parseInt(outroStr)
  // Note: ffmpeg is savage
  await term(`ffmpeg -i "${videoPath}" -filter_complex "
    [0:v]split=3[v1][v2][v3];
    [v1]trim=0:${intro},setpts=PTS-STARTPTS,fps=30[first];
    [v2]trim=${intro}:${videoDuration - outro},setpts=PTS-STARTPTS,setpts=${1 / speed}*PTS,fps=30[middle];
    [v3]trim=${videoDuration - outro},setpts=PTS-STARTPTS,fps=30[last];
    [first][middle][last]concat=n=3:v=1:a=0[outv]
    " -y -map "[outv]" "${outputPath}"
  `)
}

// Reveal output file in the system's file explorer
await revealFile(outputPath);