Cli Anything Videocaptioner

This is a Python CLI that wraps the VideoCaptioner backend to transcribe, translate, and burn subtitles into video files. It includes free ASR options (the default "bijian" engine handles Chinese and English without setup), free Bing and Google translation across 38 languages, and a review mode that checks subtitle drift against an approved script before you commit to a final hard-burn. The REPL mode and JSON output make it straightforward to script or integrate into agent workflows. If you're captioning video programmatically and want something that handles the full pipeline without API costs, this does the job. Python 3.10 to 3.12 required, and you'll need FFmpeg installed.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add hkuds/cli-anything --skill cli-anything-videocaptioner --agent claude-code

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cli-anything-videocaptioner

AI-powered video captioning tool. Transcribe speech → optimize subtitles → translate → burn into video.

Installation

pip install cli-anything-videocaptioner

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10-3.12 (videocaptioner 1.4.1 requires >=3.10,<3.13)
videocaptioner must be installed (pip install videocaptioner)
FFmpeg required for video synthesis

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-videocaptioner --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-videocaptioner

# Transcribe a video (free, no setup)
cli-anything-videocaptioner transcribe video.mp4 --asr bijian

# Translate subtitles (free Bing translator)
cli-anything-videocaptioner subtitle input.srt --translator bing --target-language en

# Full pipeline: transcribe → translate → burn subtitles
cli-anything-videocaptioner process video.mp4 --asr bijian --translator bing --target-language en --subtitle-mode hard

# Review subtitle/script consistency before a final hard-burn
cli-anything-videocaptioner synthesize video.mp4 -s subtitles.srt \
  --subtitle-mode hard \
  --review-script approved_script.txt

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