Simple GIF from zipped

[enzyme69]

While looking for Python image sequence to GIF, I stumbled into your moviepy module:
http://zulko.github.io/blog/2014/01/23/making-animated-gifs-from-video-files-with-python/

I tested using MP4 and MOV seems to work perfectly.

However, rather than to create MOV using Quicktime or Blender each time, is there a simpler way to skip the video to GIF, but instead to work from ZIP or Folder Path, to get all the files in sequence and generate GIF?

Thanks!

[Zulko]

use

clip = ImageSequenceClip(my_path, fps=20)

where my_path contains the images in the right order.

[enzyme69]

I keep getting this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/jimmygunawan/anaconda/envs/py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/moviepy/video/io/ImageSequenceClip.py", line 104, in **init**
    if with_mask and (make_frame(0).shape[2]==4):
  File "/Users/jimmygunawan/anaconda/envs/py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/moviepy/video/io/ImageSequenceClip.py", line 99, in make_frame
    self.lastimage = imread(self.sequence[index])[:,:,:3] 
  File "/Users/jimmygunawan/anaconda/envs/py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 181, in imread
    reader = read(uri, format, 'i', **kwargs)
  File "/Users/jimmygunawan/anaconda/envs/py35/lib/python3.5/site-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 108, in get_reader
    'in mode %r' % mode)
ValueError: Could not find a format to read the specified file in mode 'i'

Wonder that's because the image sequences are PNGs output from Blender?

[keikoro]

Linking this to #219, which is about the same error.

[Nick-Zhang1996]

I'm having this problem too, and it's been more than one year since this issue is first addressed, is anyone maintaining moviepy?

[Zulko]

Can you explain what your problem is ? are you also using Blender ?

[Nick-Zhang1996]

My apologizes, after some debugging I realized the problem does not lie in moviepy.

I'm not sure whether this would help anybody, but here's the cause of my problem:
I was calling imread() on a file that is not a picture.

here's my stack:

 File "video.py", line 27, in <module>
    main()
  File "video.py", line 22, in main
    clip = ImageSequenceClip(args.image_folder, fps=args.fps)
  File "/root/miniconda3/envs/carnd/lib/python3.6/site-
packages/moviepy/video/io/ImageSequenceClip.py", line 106, in __init__
    if with_mask and (imread(self.sequence[0]).shape[2]==4):
  File "/root/miniconda3/envs/carnd/lib/python3.6/site-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 
185, in imread
    reader = read(uri, format, 'i', **kwargs)
  File "/root/miniconda3/envs/carnd/lib/python3.6/site-packages/imageio/core/functions.py", line 
108, in get_reader
    'in mode %r' % mode)
ValueError: Could not find a format to read the specified file in mode 'i'

which resembles this line from @enzyme69 's call stack
self.lastimage = imread(self.sequence[index])[:,:,:3]

So I guess there may be a connection.

I was trying to make a video from pictures in a folder. I forgot there's a .DS_Store file automatically generated in that folder along with all the picture. This file got picked up by moviepy and caused the problem.

[keikoro]

@enzyme69 Does the problem persist?

[tburrows13]

I'd say that this should be fixed. I suggest putting more checks in ImageSequenceClip to ensure that (particularly when passing in a folder name) no non-images are loaded. This can catch people out because sometimes there are hidden files (such as .DS_Store on Mac) that cause it to crash.

[pioneerHitesh]

@tburrows13 can you assign this to me?