Open Source Python Capture Software

NOTE: Project migrated to GitHub in Dec 2020! See https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop recordMyDesktop is a program that captures audio-video data of a linux desktop session, producing an ogg-encapsulated theora-vorbis file. recordMyDesktop tries to be as unobstrusive as possible by proccessing only regions of the screen that have changed

You-Get is a small command-line utility for downloading media (video, audio and images) from the Web when there are no other means to do so. It can download video and audio files from such popular web sites as YouTube, Twitter, Niconico, Vimeo, Flickr, Instagram and a whole lot more. You-Get is a great option for when you want to enjoy your favorite videos, audio or images from the internet without having to open any web browsers or get interrupted by ads. It’s also a good choice for when you want to get rid of any closed-source technology or proprietary JavaScript code from running on your computer.

MiniMonitor is a lightweight Windows application designed for monitoring capture cards and microphones with minimal system impact. Ideal for Elgato and other capture devices, it detects connected video and audio inputs, tests microphones, and provides real-time video and audio playback. Users can select devices through a simple GUI, toggle Fullscreen display, and quickly check functionality without heavy software overhead. Built with Python, OpenCV, PyAudio, and Tkinter, MiniMonitor is perfect for streamers, content creators, and anyone needing low-latency monitoring of capture cards and audio sources.

Python application to scan DataMatrix barcodes using webcam. Uses libdmtx as backend decoder and pyGTK for display. Intended as a conference badge scanning application, but flexible enough to allow other applications.

Full documentation: Download clipstitchX.Y.html To make movies from your camera (or phone) video files. FFmpeg is a professional-quality, free, open-source program for video editing, with the ability to implement a huge number of operations and handle every data format! This kind of ability comes at a cost: its commands are quite complex-looking and difficult to use and remember. Clipstitch runs as a front-end to ffmpeg so that you use only the sub-set of ffmpeg commands necessary for making a home movie from your digital camera, puts them in easier-to-read form, and internally combines multiple ffmpeg commands to do certain tasks.. You can put Clipstitch commands into a text file and run as a script or type them in manually at a prompt. You can: Select portions of motion files with optional fades/slowmo/speedup, reverse play backwards. Adjust clip order. Concatenate to make your final "movie". V5.5 introduced captions, and special effects features.

MMPython is a Media Meta Data retrieval framework. It retrieves metadata from mp3, ogg, avi, jpg, tiff and other file formats. Among others it thereby parses ID3v2, ID3v1, EXIF, IPTC and Vorbis data into an object oriented struture.

Webcam viewer/capture program similar to the Photobooth program in Mac OS X. Written in python using GStreamer with EffectTV plugins, you can view your webcam and take pictures filtered through your choice of effects.

Snappy is a fast, easy to use, cross platform screenshot/screencast application currently being written in Python. It will integrate with many services, allowing the user to quickly upload to YouTube/ImageShack/FTP/etc.

gAnim8 is a full suite of tools for building and manipulating animated GIFs & small videos in a Gtk/Gnome environment. Easily create, edit, or preview animated GIFs or videos (MPG, AVI/ASF, WMV, SWF, RM, MOV, M4V), or record videos and take screenshots.