PYTHON

Play Video in Google Colab

from IPython.display import HTML
from base64 import b64encode
 
def show_video(video_path, video_width = 600):
   
  video_file = open(video_path, "r+b").read()
 
  video_url = f"data:video/mp4;base64,{b64encode(video_file).decode()}"
  return HTML(f"""<video width={video_width} controls><source src="{video_url}"></video>""")
 
show_video(video_path)

how to play video in colab

## for short videos
from IPython.display import HTML
from base64 import b64encode
mp4 = open('video.mp4','rb').read()
data_url = "data:video/mp4;base64," + b64encode(mp4).decode()
HTML("""
<video width=400 controls>
      <source src="%s" type="video/mp4">
</video>
""" % data_url)
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## for large videos
!pip install -U kora
from kora.drive import upload_public
url = upload_public('video.mp4')
# then display it
from IPython.display import HTML
HTML(f"""<video src={url} width=500 controls/>""")

play video in colab

from IPython.display import HTML
from base64 import b64encode
mp4 = open('video.mp4','rb').read()
data_url = "data:video/mp4;base64," + b64encode(mp4).decode()
HTML("""
<video width=400 controls>
      <source src="%s" type="video/mp4">
</video>
""" % data_url)

add video in google colab

!pip install pytube==9.1.0
from pytube import YouTube
yt = YouTube('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ncJV0tMAjE&t=72s')