#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Parse a BVH file's HIERARCHY and MOTION headers. Only the header is read — motion rows are skipped — so probing a whole library costs almost nothing. Pass `motion=True` to also scan the rows and report whether any channel actually changes: a clip can carry 91 frames that all hold the same pose, and every T-pose does. """ import os, re, sys def probe(path, motion=False): joints, ends, root = [], 0, None frames, frame_time = 0, 0.0 depth, max_depth = 0, 0 in_motion = False has_motion = False with open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as f: for line in f: s = line.strip() if not in_motion: if s.startswith("ROOT "): root = s[5:].strip(); joints.append(root) elif s.startswith("JOINT "): joints.append(s[6:].strip()) elif s.startswith("End Site"): ends += 1 elif s == "{": depth += 1; max_depth = max(max_depth, depth) elif s == "}": depth -= 1 elif s == "MOTION": in_motion = True else: if s.startswith("Frames:"): try: frames = int(s.split(":", 1)[1]) except ValueError: pass elif s.lower().startswith("frame time"): try: frame_time = float(s.split(":", 1)[1]) except ValueError: pass if not motion: break # header done; skip the motion rows lo = hi = None for row in f: try: vals = [float(x) for x in row.split()] except ValueError: continue if not vals: continue if lo is None: lo, hi = list(vals), list(vals) else: n = min(len(lo), len(vals)) for i in range(n): if vals[i] < lo[i]: lo[i] = vals[i] if vals[i] > hi[i]: hi[i] = vals[i] has_motion = bool(lo) and max(h - l for l, h in zip(lo, hi)) > 1e-6 break fps = round(1.0 / frame_time, 3) if frame_time > 0 else 0.0 out = { "root": root or "", "num_joints": len(joints), "num_end_sites": ends, "max_depth": max_depth, "frames": frames, "frame_time": round(frame_time, 6), "fps": fps, "duration_sec": round(frames * frame_time, 4) if frame_time > 0 else 0.0, "joint_names": "|".join(joints)[:400], } if motion: out["has_motion"] = has_motion return out if __name__ == "__main__": for p in sys.argv[1:]: r = probe(p) print("%-34s joints=%-4d frames=%-5d fps=%-5s %.2fs root=%s" % ( os.path.basename(p), r["num_joints"], r["frames"], r["fps"], r["duration_sec"], r["root"]))