Assistance Fixing MoviePY Python Error "NameError: name 'video' is not defined"

It seems like either your are missing import some library or refer the wrong video file path

Can you share some related working code here to further understand of your actual error?

Ah, yes. Thank you David. I'm attempting to follow the tutorial listed in the AWS doc in order to test MoviePy. In this test case, I'm taking an existing MP4 file, reducing the volume and writing the output as a WebM file. Here is the test code that produces the error I mentioned in the opening question:

# Import everything needed to edit video clips
from moviepy.editor import *

# Load .mp4 and select the subclip 00:00:50 - 00:00:60
clip = VideoFileClip("TEMP_VTT-MS-Test.mp4").subclip(50,60)

# Reduce the audio volume (volume x 0.8)
clip = clip.volumex(0.8)

# Write the result to a file (many options available !)
video.write_videofile("TEMP_VTT-MS-Test.webm")

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Hopefully something is clear from this. Thanks!

Noted. Can you rename the file below and try again?

clip = VideoFileClip("mstemp.mp4").subclip(50,60)

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Thank you, David. I renamed the file that and changed the script, but I'm getting the same error. Here is the full error and path:

C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.0-Q16-HDRI\TEMP_TestMoviePY>moviepy-test.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.0-Q16-HDRI\TEMP_TestMoviePY\moviepy-test.py", line 20, in <module>
    video.write_videofile("mstemp.webm")
NameError: name 'video' is not defined

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Thanks again for your help.

can I know your current working path?

import os

path = os.getcwd()

print(path)

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The current working path is:

C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.0-Q16-HDRI\TEMP_TestMoviePY

Noted. Then, you need to adjust your current working path.

import os

# change the current directory to the directory where the running script file (.py) 
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

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# Import everything needed to edit video clips
from moviepy.editor import *

# Load .mp4 and select the subclip 00:00:50 - 00:00:60
clip = VideoFileClip("mstemp.mp4").subclip(50,60)

# Reduce the audio volume (volume x 0.8)
clip = clip.volumex(0.8)

# Write the result to a file (many options available !)
video.write_videofile("TEMP_VTT-MS-Test.webm")

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Thanks David - I added the import command to the top of the script but I'm getting the same error and no results (e.g. no WebM file). Below is the new script I'm running, perhaps I missing something.

import os

# change the current directory to the directory where the running script file (.py) 
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

# Import everything needed to edit video clips
from moviepy.editor import *

# Load myHolidays.mp4 and select the subclip 00:00:50 - 00:00:60
clip = VideoFileClip("mstemp.mp4").subclip(50,60)

# Reduce the audio volume (volume x 0.8)
clip = clip.volumex(0.8)

# Write the result to a file (many options available !)
video.write_videofile("mstemp.webm")

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Does this script look correct to you (for what you intended me to run)?