MoviePy – Getting Original File Name of Video File Clip

In this article we will see how we can get the original file name of the video file in MoviePy. MoviePy is a Python module for video editing, which can be used for basic operations on videos and GIF’s. Original file name is the name of the original video that existed in the first place i.e which was loaded, even after altering and editing of the video we can get the original name of the file.

We can load the video file clip with the help of command given below

clip = VideoFileClip(file_name)

In order to do this we will use filename attribute with the VideoFileClip object

Syntax : clip.filename

Argument : It takes no argument

Return : It returns string

Below is the implementation

Output :

File Name  : dsa_geek.webm
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Moviepy - Building video __temp__.mp4.
Moviepy - Writing video __temp__.mp4

                                                                                                                       
Moviepy - Done !
Moviepy - video ready __temp__.mp4

Another example

Output :

File Name  : Lazyroar.mp4
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Moviepy - Building video __temp__.mp4.
MoviePy - Writing audio in __temp__TEMP_MPY_wvf_snd.mp3
                                                                                                                       
MoviePy - Done.
Moviepy - Writing video __temp__.mp4

                                                                                                                       
Moviepy - Done !
Moviepy - video ready __temp__.mp4