Installation

Python and FFmpeg Support

CutCutCodec supports these versions.

Python versions

Python

3.13

3.12

3.11

3.10

3.9

CutCutCodec 1.0.4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

CutCutCodec 1.0.1 - 1.0.3

Yes

Yes

Yes

CutCutCodec 1.0.0rc

Yes

Yes

FFmpeg versions

FFmpeg

7

6

5

4

CutCutCodec 1.0.2 - 1.0.4

Yes

Yes

Yes

CutCutCodec 1.0.1

Yes

Yes

CutCutCodec 1.0.0rc

Yes

Dependencies

CutCutCodec has hard dependency on the FFmpeg package. You should install it first, please refer to the FFmpeg download page.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ffmpeg
sudo apt install python-dev pkg-config
sudo apt install libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libavdevice-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libavfilter-dev
sudo yum install ffmpeg
sudo pacman -S ffmpeg
sudo zypper install ffmpeg
sudo pkg install ffmpeg

You could install the FFmpeg by using Homebrew.

brew update
brew upgrade
brew install ffmpeg pkg-config

Warning

Windows is crap, so be prepared for a tedious and buggy installation! You should forget Microchiotte-Windaube and go straight to Linux before you pull out all your hair!

It is important to configure your environement variable to hook ffmpeg to CutCutCodec. You can follow this guide for example.

Although it is installed automatically, it is better to install av manually to avoid redundancy with ffmpeg. Please refer to the PyAv installation guide.

pip install av --no-binary av
pip install av --no-binary av

On MacOS you may have issues with regards to Python expecting gcc but finding clang. Try to export the following before installation:

export ARCHFLAGS=-Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument-hard-error-in-future
pip install av --no-binary av

Warning

I see that you insist on using Windows, this step is the most critical, good luck!

On Windows you must build from source in order to indicate the location of ffmpeg, pleas follow the PyAv windows installation guide and good luck!

If you have a GPU, please install CUDA or ROC then follow the PyTorch installation guide. Without CUDA or ROC, the software is not able to use the GPU (CPU only).

Virtual Environement

It is preferable to install cutcutcodec in a virtual environment. Please refer to the pyenv installation guide. It is possible to use python3-venv as well.

Installation with pip

Basic Installation

Note

The following instructions will install CutCutCodec with simple support for graphical interface. See Building From Source for a complete installation including the documentation and the tests.

To install cutcutcodec using PyPI, use pip:

pip install --user cutcutcodec[gui]

Building From Source

To install the lastest development version from Framagit source, clone cutcutcodec using git and install it using pip:

git clone https://framagit.org/robinechuca/cutcutcodec.git
cd cutcutcodec/
python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
python -m pip -v install --editable .[all]
$SHELL  # load all the new env-vars, equivalent to restart the shell
python -m cutcutcodec test  # to test if the installation is ok

You can also compile documentation locally (after the previous step).

cd doc/ && make clean && make html && cd -
firefox doc/build/html/index.html

Verification

To check that everything is in order, you can run the test bench. For running tests, some dependencies are requiered, you can install it passing the option [all] to pip.

python -m cutcutcodec test  # or cutcutcodec-test

To run a partial test, please refer to the integrated CLI:

python -m cutcutcodec test --help

Platform Support

The tests were successful for teses configurations.

Note

Contributors please test CutCutCodec on your platform then update this document and send a pull request.

Operating system

Tested Python versions

Tested FFmpeg versions

Tested architecture

Linux Mint 21.3

3.9, 3.10, 3.11

4.4.2

x86-64