Media MoviePy

Programmatic, Python-first non-linear video editing. MoviePy wraps ffmpeg for I/O but operates on frames in numpy, so it wins on readability and data-driven pipelines — not on throughput. Reach for it when you need logic, not a faster transcode.

Quick start

• Concatenate clips: pip install moviepy → VideoFileClip → concatenate_videoclips → write_videofile (Step 2, 3).
• Burn caption text: TextClip on top of video via CompositeVideoClip (Step 3, needs ImageMagick).
• Per-frame numpy filter: clip.image_transform(lambda img: ...) (Step 3).
• Trim clip: clip.subclipped(10, 20) (Step 2).
• Resize / crop / speed: clip.resized(width=1280), clip.cropped(...), clip.with_speed_scaled(2.0).

When to use