Getting started on MAC

[DenSnow404]

I don't know anything about coding so if you are an expert or just really advanced this is not for you, also I'm running this on MacOS so I don't know if the solution will be the same on other operating systems.

I was trying to run this in terminal and I just couldn't figure out why it wasn't running. After playing with it for a while I got it to run. Here is how I did it.

First I cloned the repository to my computer by typing the following in terminal:

git clone https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git

I then moved into the sharp-frame-extractor directory by typing in the terminal:

cd sharp-frame-extractor

I then moved into the sharp_frame_extractor by typing in:

cd sharp_frame_extractor

Then you will want to run the code by typing:

python3 __main__.py --frame-count 40 placevideohere.mp4

Note: After typing in --frame-count you can place any number you want it does not have to be 40.

[cansik]

Thanks for your tutorial, but could you maybe elaborate on why the readme did not work out for you? I guess installing it through pip is much simpler and the parameters are explained in the help section.

The only thing that maybe did not work for you was using pip, because on your system it is linked to pip3. So install and execution would look like this:

# install
pip3 install git+https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git@1.6.6

# run
sfextract --frame-count 40 placevideohere.mp4

[DenSnow404]

I just tried installing it through pip using pip3:

pip3 install git+https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git@1.6.6

The following is put out:

  Cloning https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git (to revision 1.6.6) to /private/var/folders/9_/qxdgz7ns529csvc5q2cbwf0w0000gp/T/pip-req-build-g2_5kxmt
  Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git /private/var/folders/9_/qxdgz7ns529csvc5q2cbwf0w0000gp/T/pip-req-build-g2_5kxmt
  Running command git checkout -q 90fafc14982e260c071bc31576043cd6a0e8c558
  Resolved https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git to commit 90fafc14982e260c071bc31576043cd6a0e8c558
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: wheel in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from sharp-frame-extractor==1.6.6) (0.37.1)
Requirement already satisfied: opencv-python in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from sharp-frame-extractor==1.6.6) (4.6.0.66)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages (from sharp-frame-extractor==1.6.6) (1.23.2)
Requirement already satisfied: tqdm in ./Library/Python/3.10/lib/python/site-packages (from sharp-frame-extractor==1.6.6) (4.64.0)

I then try running the code using:

sfextract --frame-count 40

I keep getting the same error:

ERROR: unknown command "sfextract"

This is very strange because I've used this code before using pip3, I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

[cansik]

If the direct call is not possible you could use:

python -m sfextract

[heitorkooji]

Can't run on windows 11. Installed following the tutorial instructions (pip3 install git+https://github.com/cansik/sharp-frame-extractor.git@1.6.6) but Windows didn't recognized "sfextract" command.

After running "python -m sfextract" on windows command prompt got the following message:

C:\Users\kooji\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.12_qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe: No module named sfextract