fvid is a project that aims to encode any file as a video using 1-bit color images to survive compression algorithms for data retrieval.

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Installation

Requires installation of FFmpeg first, then install using pip3

Linux/macOS

pip3 install fvid 

Windows

py -m pip install fvid 

Usage

Encoding files as videos

Linux/OSX

fvid -i [input file] -e

Windows

py -m fvid -i [input file] -e

Retrieving data from videos

Linux/OSX

fvid -i [input video] -d

Windows

py -m fvid -i [input video] -d

How to Contribute

1. Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug here tag for issues that should be ideal for people who are not very familiar with the codebase yet.
2. Fork the repository on GitHub to start making your changes to the master branch (or branch off of it).
3. Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
4. Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. :)