Turn lolcommits into a video slideshow set to music

make-history.sh

#! /bin/bash

# Where lolcommits stores its images
LOLCOMMITS_DIR=/home/rowan/.lolcommits
# The subdirectory in the lolcommits directory you want to us
LOLCOMMITS_REPO=project
# Image mask used to blur commit message
BLUR_MASK_IMG=/home/rowan/mask.jpg
# Video frames per second
VIDEO_FPS=4
# Audio track to use for the video
VIDEO_AUDIO=/home/rowan/totes-legal.mp3
# Working directory
WORK_DIR=/home/rowan/Desktop/lol

IMAGES_DIR=$WORK_DIR/images
IMAGES_BLURRED_DIR=$WORK_DIR/images_blurred

mkdir -p $IMAGES_DIR
mkdir -p $IMAGES_BLURRED_DIR
cp -r $LOLCOMMITS_DIR/$LOLCOMMITS_REPO $WORK_DIR

# Renames the images from {commit-hash}.jpg to a date format for ordering
jhead -n$IMAGES_DIR/%Y%m%d-%H%M%S $WORK_DIR/$LOLCOMMITS_REPO/*.jpg

# Blur out the commit message if you work on TOP SECRET projects
for img_in in $IMAGES_DIR/*.jpg
do
    img_out=$(basename "$img_in")
    convert $img_in $BLUR_MASK_IMG \
        -compose blur -define compose:args=7 -composite \
        $IMAGES_BLURRED_DIR/$img_out
done

cd $IMAGES_BLURRED_DIR

# Encode the video - play around with the FPS to get something that works for you
mencoder "mf://*.jpg" -mf fps=4 -vf scale=640:480 -o $WORK_DIR/history.avi -ovc x264 -x264encopts bitrate=250 -oac copy -audiofile $VIDEO_AUDIO