Minor updates

README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ sudo apt install ffmpeg
 The default title/stamp styling uses these fonts:
 
 - Bebas Neue for the opening title, date, and location
-- Noto Sans Bold for the bottom-left/bottom-right stamps and per-file captions
+- Noto Sans Bold for the bottom-left/bottom-right stamps
+- IBM Plex Sans SemiBold for per-file captions
 
 Both fonts support common Danish and Croatian characters such as `æ ø å Æ Ø Å č ć ž š đ Č Ć Ž Š Đ`.
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ Install them locally for the current user:
 mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts/google
 curl -L -o ~/.local/share/fonts/google/BebasNeue-Regular.ttf \
   'https://github.com/google/fonts/raw/main/ofl/bebasneue/BebasNeue-Regular.ttf'
-sudo apt install fonts-noto-core
+sudo apt install fonts-noto-core fonts-ibm-plex
 fc-cache -f
 ```
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Check that fonts are available:
 ```bash
 fc-match 'Bebas Neue'
 fc-match 'Noto Sans'
+fc-match 'IBM Plex Sans'
 ```
 
 ## Optional Jamendo music download
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ Those three lines mean:
 If the date line is omitted, movmaker uses the date from the first picture/video and displays it like:
 
 ```text
-May 14th 2026
+May 2026
 ```
 
 If the location line is omitted and GPS coordinates are found in the first picture/video that has them, movmaker reverse geocodes them and uses that as the location. It tries to return only `city/town/village, country`; if no city/town/village is found, it uses just the country.
@@ -188,7 +190,7 @@ python3 movmaker.py input --preview
 - fades music in over 2 seconds and out over 10 seconds by default
 - fades video in/out over 1.5 seconds by default
 - overlays the opening title for the first 6 seconds: large title, then date/location on one line
-- displays optional per-file captions at bottom center with a thin black outline; use `|` to split caption lines
+- displays optional per-file captions at bottom center with slightly off-white text and a soft shadow; use `|` to split caption lines
 - adds persistent bottom-left title/date/place and bottom-right `Bubulescu.Org` stamps
 - preserves special characters in rendered overlays and metadata
 - uses safe ASCII only for generated filenames, so special letters become readable equivalents like `Č` -> `C`, `å` -> `a`, `ø` -> `o`

movmaker.py

@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ def ordinal_day(day: int) -> str:
 
 
 def display_date(dt: datetime) -> str:
-    return f"{dt.strftime('%B')} {ordinal_day(dt.day)} {dt.year}"
+    return f"{dt.strftime('%B')} {dt.year}"
 
 
 def timestamp() -> str:
@@ -477,14 +477,6 @@ def console(message: str) -> None:
     print(f"[{timestamp()}] {ascii_safe(message)}")
 
 
-def estimate_output_size(duration: float, width: int, height: int, fps: int, crf: int) -> int:
-    pixels = width * height
-    quality_factor = max(0.45, (28 - crf) / 8)
-    bitrate_mbps = max(2.0, pixels * fps * quality_factor / 7_000_000)
-    audio_mbps = 0.192
-    return int(duration * (bitrate_mbps + audio_mbps) * 1_000_000 / 8)
-
-
 def default_output_path(first_media: Path, data: MovieData, out_dir: Path) -> Path:
     date = media_date(first_media).strftime("%Y%m%d")
     title = slugify(data.title or first_media.parent.name or "movie")
@@ -601,6 +593,22 @@ def normalize_clip(item: MediaItem, out: Path, width: int, height: int, fps: int
     run(cmd)
 
 
+def audio_metadata(path: Path) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    try:
+        out = capture([
+            tool_path(FFPROBE, "ffprobe"), "-v", "error",
+            "-show_entries", "format_tags=artist,title",
+            "-of", "json",
+            str(path),
+        ])
+        tags = json.loads(out).get("format", {}).get("tags", {})
+        artist = tags.get("artist") or tags.get("ARTIST") or ""
+        title = tags.get("title") or tags.get("TITLE") or ""
+        return str(artist), str(title)
+    except Exception:
+        return "", ""
+
+
 def load_jamendo_client_id() -> str | None:
     if os.environ.get("JAMENDO_CLIENT_ID"):
         return os.environ["JAMENDO_CLIENT_ID"]
@@ -667,6 +675,8 @@ def download_jamendo_music(genre: str, out_dir: Path) -> Path | None:
     except Exception as exc:
         console(f"Could not download Jamendo music: {exc}")
         return None
+    if title or artist:
+        console("Audio metadata: " + " - ".join(x for x in [artist, title] if x))
     log_dir = out_dir / ".logs"
     log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     attribution = log_dir / f"{out.stem}.txt"
@@ -770,7 +780,7 @@ def build_video(
     title_label = "titled"
     title_font = str(Path.home() / ".local/share/fonts/google/BebasNeue-Regular.ttf")
     stamp_font = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto/NotoSans-Bold.ttf"
-    caption_font = "Montserrat\\:style=Bold"
+    caption_font = "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ibm-plex/IBMPlexSans-SemiBold.ttf"
     if title_lines:
         title_font_size = max(60, height // 10)
         subtitle_font_size = max(40, height // 18)
@@ -839,8 +849,8 @@ def build_video(
             y_expr = f"h-text_h-62-{block_height - line_idx * line_gap}"
             next_label = f"caption{idx}_{line_idx}"
             filters.append(
-                f"[{caption_label}]drawtext=font='{caption_font}':{textfile_arg(caption_line)}:x=(w-text_w)/2:y={y_expr}:"
+                f"[{caption_label}]drawtext=fontfile='{caption_font}':{textfile_arg(caption_line)}:x=(w-text_w)/2:y={y_expr}:"
-                f"fontsize={caption_size}:fontcolor=white:borderw=1:bordercolor=black:"
+                f"fontsize={caption_size}:fontcolor=0xF2F2EE:borderw=0:shadowcolor=black@0.80:shadowx=3:shadowy=3:"
                 f"alpha='{caption_alpha}':enable='between(t,{start:.3f},{end:.3f})'[{next_label}]"
             )
             caption_label = next_label
@@ -958,6 +968,10 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
 
     console(f"Found {len(media)} media file(s), {len(audio_files)} audio file(s).")
     console(f"Audio: {audio_files[0] if audio_files else 'none'}")
+    if audio_files:
+        artist, title = audio_metadata(audio_files[0])
+        if artist or title:
+            console("Audio metadata: " + " - ".join(x for x in [artist, title] if x))
     console(f"Output: {output}")
     console(f"Log: {LOG_PATH}")
     if data.title or data.date or data.place:
@@ -989,14 +1003,14 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
 
         # Use probed normalized duration for accuracy.
         durations = [ffprobe_duration(out) for out in clips]
-        estimated_duration = durations[0] if len(durations) == 1 else durations[0] + sum(durations[1:]) - fade * (len(durations) - 1)
-        estimated_size = estimate_output_size(estimated_duration, width, height, fps, crf)
-
         captions = [data.captions.get(item.path.name, data.captions.get(str(item.path), "")) for item in media]
         audio = concat_or_mix_audio(audio_files, tmp / "music.m4a")
         if len(audio_files) > 1:
             console(f"Audio: {audio if audio else 'none'}")
-        console(f"Estimated output: video length {estimated_duration:.1f}s, size about {format_bytes(estimated_size)}")
+            if audio:
+                artist, title = audio_metadata(audio)
+                if artist or title:
+                    console("Audio metadata: " + " - ".join(x for x in [artist, title] if x))
         build_video(clips, durations, audio, output, data, first_media_date, captions, fade, audio_fade, audio_fade_in, video_fade, width, height, fps, preset, crf, tmp)
 
     console(f"Done: {output}")