MoviePy

Overview

Edit video programmatically with MoviePy — the Python library for video compositing, cutting, effects, and rendering. Ideal for automated video pipelines: social media content generation, bulk video processing, slideshow builders, subtitle embedding, template-based video creation, and any workflow where you need code-driven video editing without a GUI. Built on ffmpeg.

Instructions

Step 1: Installation

pip install moviepy           # 2.2.1 (May 2025); pulls Pillow, numpy, imageio-ffmpeg
# imageio-ffmpeg ships an ffmpeg binary; to use your own: apt install -y ffmpeg
# and set IMAGEIO_FFMPEG_EXE=/usr/bin/ffmpeg
# No ImageMagick needed: v2 draws text with Pillow

Step 2: Basic Operations