$ ffmpeg-english "capture video from the camera every 1 second and write it to jpg files"
    $ ffmpeg-english "take all of the images ending with .jpg in this directory and make a 30fps timelapse of it"

    #!/usr/bin/env python3

    import openai
    import sys
    import os
    import time

    # Ensure you have set your OpenAI API key as an environment variable
    openai.api_key = os.getenv("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    client = openai.OpenAI()

    def get_ffmpeg_command(task_description):
        # Call the OpenAI API with the task description
        response = client.chat.completions.create(
            model="gpt-4",
            messages=[
                {"role":"system", "content":"You are an expert in FFmpeg commands. Given the following English description of a task, you respond with the correct FFmpeg command. Do not include any other information in your response except for the command only."},
                {"role":"user", "content":task_description},
            ],
            max_tokens=150,
            temperature=0.5
        )
        command = response.choices[0].message.content.strip()
        return command

    def main():
        if len(sys.argv) < 2:
            print("Usage: ffmpeg-english <task_description>", file=sys.stderr)
            sys.exit(1)

        task_description = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
        ffmpeg_command = get_ffmpeg_command(task_description)

        # some basic guardrails
        assert(ffmpeg_command.startswith("ffmpeg"))
        assert(";" not in ffmpeg_command)
        assert("|" not in ffmpeg_command)

        print(f"Executing command: {ffmpeg_command} in 2 seconds (^C to cancel)")
        time.sleep(2)
        os.system(ffmpeg_command)

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        main()