frei0r straight lines video filter

This is a video filter using the frei0r cross-platform framework. He turns frames into linear art.

About frei0r

• wiki
• github
• site

Usage with ffmpeg

ffmpeg -loglevel debug -i input_file -vf "frei0r=straightlines:number_of_lines|sample_size|extreme_line_mode|long_line_mode" -t output_file_seconds output_file

Usage with ffmpeg example

ffmpeg -loglevel debug -i videoplayback.mp4 -vf "frei0r=straightlines:2000|10|n|y" -t 30 lovebff.mp4

Parameters

• Number of Lines - Default: 1000
• Sample size - Number of attempts to build a line. Default: 10
• Extreme Line Mode - Should draw the extreme lines? Default: false
• Long Line Mode - Should draw lines to the end of the screen? Default: true

Example

https://youtu.be/T90l252W8g0

Credits

I am grateful to

• BadAppleFLSL for the algorithm, the idea and the open source code
• frei0r (GPL-2.0 license) for the open source code and a wonderful cross-platform framework for creating video filters in C++
• ffmpeg for the open source code