webdrivertorso.py - A humble homage to the Webdriver Torso Youtube Channel

Demo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw3ST3p8t64

Why?

For the sole prupose of entertainment.

When?

I found the original channel in mid-april 2014, besides the conspiranoic nature of the channel, it's not so hard to replicate programatically.

How?

python webdrivertorso.py --help

Also refer to the source code, you might find it interesting.

Install

To successfully use this script you need (latest stable versions will do great):

• Python 2.7+ (with pip): Most GNU/Linux distributions comes with python. Installing pip would be as easy as sudo apt-get install python-pip (see your OS docs for details about package management). Windows users can download a Python installer from python.org and search the web for a pip installer. You'll also need the following python packages:
  • Pillow: You'll need a C(++) compiler to build Pillow. Windows users can download a pre-compiled installer from the web.
  • Gdata python API
  • youtube-upload
  • To install these 3 dependencies: (sudo) pip install -r requirements.txt
• FFMPEG: Grab the latest stable version from ffmpeg.org. GNU/Linux users might have and outdated version in their distro repositories so it's recommended to download the sources and build them. The official website haves a good and easy build guide.
• Courier New TTF font: I cannot include it here because copyright issues. Grab the font from the web and copy courbd.ttf to this folder.

Note (mostly for Windows users): ffmpeg and youtube-upload must be in your system's PATH. (i.e. you can call them within the command line from anywhere)