#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Perceptual video hash: one 64-bit dHash per second, compared with time-shift search. usage: python3 vhash.py a.mp4 b.mp4 [c.mp4 ...] Prints a distance matrix (average differing bits out of 64, lower = more alike). """ import subprocess, sys import numpy as np def dhashes(path, step=1.0): """dHash of one frame per `step` seconds (9x8 gray, compare neighbours).""" cmd = ["ffmpeg", "-v", "error", "-i", path, "-vf", f"fps=1/{step}:start_time=0.5,scale=9:8:flags=area,format=gray", "-f", "rawvideo", "-"] raw = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, check=True).stdout px = np.frombuffer(raw, np.uint8).reshape(-1, 8, 9).astype(np.int16) return (px[:, :, 1:] > px[:, :, :-1]).reshape(len(px), 64) def distance(a, b, max_shift=3): """Best mean Hamming distance over whole-second shifts of b against a.""" best = (64.0, 0) for s in range(-max_shift, max_shift + 1): x = a[max(0, s):] y = b[max(0, -s):] n = min(len(x), len(y)) if n < 4: continue d = float(np.mean(np.sum(x[:n] != y[:n], axis=1))) best = min(best, (d, s)) return best if __name__ == "__main__": files = sys.argv[1:] H = [dhashes(f) for f in files] names = [f.rsplit("/", 1)[-1][:14] for f in files] print(" " * 16 + "".join(f"{n[:9]:>11}" for n in names)) for i, a in enumerate(H): cells = [] for j, b in enumerate(H): d, s = distance(a, b) cells.append(f"{d:5.1f}({s:+d})") print(f"{names[i]:<16}" + "".join(f"{c:>11}" for c in cells))