To Script or Not To Script, that is the Question... (Custom Videos)

[TheMcD]

I need to make a batch of videos that have a custom intro for each prospective client.

It also has two separate videos sections in the middle that are customized for each prospective client.

And... and ending that is customized for each prospective client.

Should I learn some sophisticated scripting tool/method... or is there a simpler way to spit out my 37 unique videos easier?

And if scripting is the way to go, any software recommendations/solutions?

Thanks.

[poisondeathray]

If they are unique, and have no shared elements, you have to do each separately

Otherwise you can save and elements to make it faster (i.e. start from a partially finished project each time, and just replace the video section in the middle)

[Khaver]

You could create a dos batch file that will iterate through directory structures set up with all the unique clips for each client and using the paths of the directory structure, do a binary concatenation of the clips and pipe that into ffmpeg to output the full video.

Directory structure:

\MainVideo\
mainpart1.avi or mainpart1.mpg
mainpart2.avi or ...
mainpart3.avi or ...
\MainVideo\Client01\
intro.avi or ...
mid1.avi or ...
mid2.avi or ...
end.avi or ...
\MainVideo\Client02\
intro.avi or ...
mid1.avi or ...
mid2.avi or ...
end.avi or ...
Etc....

batch file

for /d %%a in (Client??.) do copy /b %%a\intro.avi + mainpart1.avi + %%a\mid1.avi + mainpart2.avi + %%a\mid2.avi + mainpart3.avi + %%a\end.avi | ffmpeg.exe -i - -vcodec copy -acodec copy %%a\%%a.avi

Run this batch file from the MainVideo directory. Just make sure your video format is something that ffmpeg can decode.