Movie Barcode Generator

Ever wanted to create your own movie barcode?

Like this?

Well, now it's easier than ever.

Usage

Download, unzip wherever you want, double click MovieBarCodeGenerator.exe!

Then you give it a movie (virtually all video formats are supported), and you get a nice barcode.

You can tweak some parameters, to obtain different outputs:

• Image size: width and height of the barcode, in pixels.
  • If you want the maximum available quality without upscaling, you can check "Same height as the input video".
• Bar count: how many bars do you want?
• Bar width: how wide should the bars be, in pixels?
• Also generate a smooth version: output a smoothed out version as well as the normal barcode. Vertical pixels will be averaged. An example is worth a thousand words:

Examples

Feel free to experiment! Here are some examples of different outputs, using the same movie (Jumper) but with different parameters:

Featured

This program was used to design the posters and the trailer for the 2013 Brooklyn Film Festival.

Check the trailer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jDMijLkDPM

Download

This program is freely available, along with its source code, under the GPL license.

• Latest release (2.0, released on 2021-01-21)

• C# sources on GitHub

• You can also browse and download high resolution movie barcodes from my collection

Release notes

Version 2.0, 2021-01-21
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- [fixed] Fix the application being blurry when the Windows DPI settings are not set at 100%
- [changed] Many bug fixes and internal changes.
- [changed/fixed] Use MagicScaler as the new default method to scale down bars, since it uses a more correct algorithm and handles gamma-correction properly. ⚠This results in visually different barcodes. (but a "legacy" mode has been added)

Version 1.6, 2020-03-13
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- [fixed] CLI parsing didn't work for short arguments.

Version 1.5, 2018-08-04
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- [added] Allow input to be an url (both in the CLI and the GUI).
- [fixed] Replaced the FFmpeg x64 binary by an x86 one to support 32bits platforms.

Version 1.4, 2018-06-17
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- [fixed] "Unable to save the image: System.NullReferenceException" errors happening on systems where the default decimal separator is not a dot. (the fps parameter was not formatted properly)

Version 1.3, 2018-06-10
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- [added] Live log in the GUI showing the output of FFmpeg.
- [added] Re-added a batch mode and a CLI interface.
- [added] Allow a file to be drag and dropped on the input text box.

Version 1.2, 2018-04-29
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- [fixed] Partial image sometimes being saved after canceling.

Version 1.1, 2018-04-22
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- Rewritten from scratch.
- [changed] Now use FFmpeg instead of DirectShow
		- This means Windows 10 is now properly supported
		- This also means virtually all video formats can now be read!
- [added] Ability to generate smooth barcodes.

Version 0.5, 2011-02-14
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- Second public release.
- [changed] Multi-threaded barcode generation.

Version 0.1, 2011-03-20
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- First public release.