Output files including file extensions

[pascalo7]

Would it be possible to have it so the file extension is not added to the output file name?

for example, if I process Test.mp4 the output file will be Test.mp4.jpg.

Would it be possible to have a flag to remove the video file extension from the output so it would just show Test.jpg?

[kaypoush]

I made a simple workaround in bash until this request is implemented...

FILE=example.mp4; vcsi "${FILE}" -o "$(basename "${FILE%.*}").jpg"

You can set a function alias for this in your .bashrc

function vcsi-ne() { FILE="${1}"; vcsi "${FILE}" -o "$(basename "${FILE%.*}").jpg"; }

then use it like this

vcsi-ne example.mp4

[vancrize]

Had the same problem here, but on windows. I'm using PowerShell in Powertoys and this works, too:

Get-ChildItem -Filter *.mp4 -Recurse | foreach {vcsi $_.FullName -o "$(Get-Item $_.DirectoryName)\$((Get-Item $_.FullName ).Basename).jpg"}

This goes down all folders and executes on every mp4 file.

[JinEnMok]

@pascaldulieu here's a quick hack. It adds a -k/--keep-video-ext flag that is off by default.

keep_extension.patch

diff --git a/vcsi/vcsi.py b/vcsi/vcsi.py
index cf9d934..349a77c 100755
--- a/vcsi/vcsi.py
+++ b/vcsi/vcsi.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from argparse import ArgumentTypeError
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -1609,6 +1610,14 @@ def main():
         default="{TIME}",
         dest="timestamp_format"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-k",
+        "--keep-video-ext",
+        help="Preserve the video file's original extension, e.g. 'video.mp4.png'",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        dest="keep_ext",
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -1670,9 +1679,14 @@ def process_file(path, args):
 
     output_path = args.output_path
     if not output_path:
-        output_path = path + "." + args.image_format
+        output_path = path
     elif os.path.isdir(output_path):
-        output_path = os.path.join(output_path, os.path.basename(path) + "." + args.image_format)
+        output_path = os.path.join(output_path, os.path.basename(path))
+
+    if not args.keep_ext:
+        output_path = str(Path(output_path).with_suffix("." + args.image_format))
+    else:
+        output_path += f".{args.image_format}"
 
     if args.no_overwrite:
         if os.path.exists(output_path):
@@ -1784,13 +1798,23 @@ def process_file(path, args):
     if thumbnail_output_path is not None:
         os.makedirs(thumbnail_output_path, exist_ok=True)
         print("Copying thumbnails to {} ...".format(thumbnail_output_path))
-        for i, frame in enumerate(sorted(selected_frames, key=lambda x_frame: x_frame.timestamp)):
+        for i, frame in enumerate(
+            sorted(selected_frames, key=lambda x_frame: x_frame.timestamp)
+        ):
             print(frame.filename)
             thumbnail_file_extension = frame.filename.lower().split(".")[-1]
-            thumbnail_filename = "{filename}.{number}.{extension}".format(filename=os.path.basename(path),
-                                                                          number=str(i).zfill(4),
-                                                                          extension=thumbnail_file_extension)
-            thumbnail_destination = os.path.join(thumbnail_output_path, thumbnail_filename)
+            if args.keep_ext:
+                fname_base: str = os.path.basename(path)
+            else:
+                fname_base: str = str(Path(path).stem)
+            thumbnail_filename = "{filename}.{number}.{extension}".format(
+                filename=fname_base,
+                number=str(i).zfill(4),
+                extension=thumbnail_file_extension,
+            )
+            thumbnail_destination = os.path.join(
+                thumbnail_output_path, thumbnail_filename
+            )
             shutil.copyfile(frame.filename, thumbnail_destination)
 
     print("Cleaning up temporary files...")

[pseudorandomnumber]

@pascaldulieu here's a quick hack. It adds a -k/--keep-video-ext flag that is off by default.
keep_extension.patch

diff --git a/vcsi/vcsi.py b/vcsi/vcsi.py
index cf9d934..349a77c 100755
--- a/vcsi/vcsi.py
+++ b/vcsi/vcsi.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 from argparse import ArgumentTypeError
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -1609,6 +1610,14 @@ def main():
         default="{TIME}",
         dest="timestamp_format"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-k",
+        "--keep-video-ext",
+        help="Preserve the video file's original extension, e.g. 'video.mp4.png'",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        dest="keep_ext",
+    )
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -1670,9 +1679,14 @@ def process_file(path, args):
 
     output_path = args.output_path
     if not output_path:
-        output_path = path + "." + args.image_format
+        output_path = path
     elif os.path.isdir(output_path):
-        output_path = os.path.join(output_path, os.path.basename(path) + "." + args.image_format)
+        output_path = os.path.join(output_path, os.path.basename(path))
+
+    if not args.keep_ext:
+        output_path = str(Path(output_path).with_suffix("." + args.image_format))
+    else:
+        output_path += f".{args.image_format}"
 
     if args.no_overwrite:
         if os.path.exists(output_path):
@@ -1784,13 +1798,23 @@ def process_file(path, args):
     if thumbnail_output_path is not None:
         os.makedirs(thumbnail_output_path, exist_ok=True)
         print("Copying thumbnails to {} ...".format(thumbnail_output_path))
-        for i, frame in enumerate(sorted(selected_frames, key=lambda x_frame: x_frame.timestamp)):
+        for i, frame in enumerate(
+            sorted(selected_frames, key=lambda x_frame: x_frame.timestamp)
+        ):
             print(frame.filename)
             thumbnail_file_extension = frame.filename.lower().split(".")[-1]
-            thumbnail_filename = "{filename}.{number}.{extension}".format(filename=os.path.basename(path),
-                                                                          number=str(i).zfill(4),
-                                                                          extension=thumbnail_file_extension)
-            thumbnail_destination = os.path.join(thumbnail_output_path, thumbnail_filename)
+            if args.keep_ext:
+                fname_base: str = os.path.basename(path)
+            else:
+                fname_base: str = str(Path(path).stem)
+            thumbnail_filename = "{filename}.{number}.{extension}".format(
+                filename=fname_base,
+                number=str(i).zfill(4),
+                extension=thumbnail_file_extension,
+            )
+            thumbnail_destination = os.path.join(
+                thumbnail_output_path, thumbnail_filename
+            )
             shutil.copyfile(frame.filename, thumbnail_destination)
 
     print("Cleaning up temporary files...")

This sounds great!
Can you explain, how I can apply this patch?
@amietn Maybe, we can push it to the main branch?