jbaiter / pyomxplayer

Python wrapper around OMXPlayer for the Raspberry Pi

pyomxplayer

Python wrapper module around OMXPlayer for the Raspberry Pi.

Unlike other implementations, this module does not rely on any external scripts and FIFOs, but uses the pexpect module for communication with the OMXPlayer process.

CPU overhead is rather low (~3% for the Python process on my development RPi) and the object-oriented design makes it easy to re-use in other projects.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/jbaiter/pyomxplayer.git
python pyomxplayer/setup.py install

Example:

>>> from pyomxplayer import OMXPlayer
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> omx = OMXPlayer('/tmp/video.mp4')
>>> pprint(omx.__dict__)
{'_position_thread': <Thread(Thread-5, started 1089234032)>,
'_process': <pexpect.spawn object at 0x1a435d0>,
'audio': {'bps': 16,
        'channels': 2,
        'decoder': 'mp3',
        'rate': 48000,
        'streams': 1},
'chapters': 0,
'current_audio_stream': 1,
'current_volume': 0.0,
'paused': True,
'position': 0.0,
'subtitles': 0,
'subtitles_visible': False,
'video': {'decoder': 'omx-mpeg4',
        'dimensions': (640, 272),
        'fps': 23.976025,
        'profile': 15,
        'streams': 1}}
>>> omx.toggle_pause()
>>> omx.position
9.43
>>> omx.stop()

pyomxplayer's Issues

error when execute my python file

this is error when i write in console: python videoplayer.py

File "videoplayer.py", line 3, in
omx = OMXPlayer('/home/pi/Desktop/condivisa/basagliasx/menu.mp4')
File "/home/pi/Desktop/condivisa/pyomxplayer-2/pyomxplayer.py", line 35, in init
video_props = self._VIDEOPROP_REXP.match(self._process.readline()).groups()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'groups'

implement set_chapter

Implement subtitle functions

Allow users to select which subtitles they wish to use

Implement set_speed

Allow users to set_speed

Implement set_volume

Implement seek

Can't install on Raspbian nor Occidentalis

Hi, I've been trying to install it on the latest Raspbian and Occidentalis, but so far no such luck.

I installed the pexpect module and followed pyomxplayer's instructions:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo git clone https://github.com/jbaiter/pyomxplayer.git
Cloning into 'pyomxplayer'...
remote: Counting objects: 8, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (7/7), done.
remote: Total 8 (delta 1), reused 8 (delta 1)
Unpacking objects: 100% (8/8), done.

pi@raspberrypi ~$ sudo python pyomxplayer/setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
package init file 'init.py' not found (or not a regular file)
package init file 'init.py' not found (or not a regular file)
running install_lib
running install_egg_info
Writing /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyomxplayer-0.0.0.egg-info

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ python
Python 2.7.3rc2 (default, May 6 2012, 20:02:25)
[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

from pyomxplayer import OMXPlayer
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
ImportError: No module named pyomxplayer

What am I missing? Cheers

Add build automation

Once a commit is pushed to master a tool like travis could be used to run tests and push the code to PyPi to make it easier for users to install. I'd be happy to set this up, but I'd need commit access to this repository.

Odd behavior with version fix

Can anyone give me any tips on how to fix this please? I'm replacing some existing code that used gtkmozembed with pyomxplayer as it now needs to play videos instead of show webpages. The screen is divided up using gtk. I'm a little new to python still so bear with me :)

The code originally initialised gtkmozembed with:

 self.moz=gtkmozembed()

Then loaded the URL further down the code. However if I try this with pyomxplayer, e.g.:

self.omx=OMXPlayer()

I get the .groups() error that I fixed by following the suggestion here: #3

I can get it to work by shoving all the arguments and file name into the initialization string, but I can't figure out how to then refresh it with a new file when playback has finished, if that makes sense?

Just looking for any guidance on usage etc - if anyone's got an example script which plays multiple videos in succession by passing filenames to it, that would be amazing :)

Refactor code to separate parsing responsibilities

The code as it stands does a multitude of things. To allow easy addition of features it is first prudent to clean the code up to facilitiate easier modification

how to get the current position

Hi! I try to get the current position like this:
print omx._get_position()
but nothing appears
could you help me on that? thanks in advance

Implement set_audio_channel

Allow users to select which audio channel they wish to use

Error - 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'groups'

Hello,

I got below error messages when I was running python in terminal. It is similar to #issue 1.

from pyomxplayer import OMXPlayer
from pprint import pprint
omx = OMXPlayer('/home/pi/1.mp3')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pyomxplayer.py", line 32, in init
file_props = self._FILEPROP_REXP.match(self._process.readline()).groups()
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'groups'

Hope you guys fix this issue. Thanks.

Multiple instances

Is it possible to run multiple instances of the OMXPlayer stating some kind of id or similar? I would like to have 2 instances I can switch between to achive video playback without any buffering.

omxplayer wrapper

HI
What'is the instruction to lower or upper the volume ?
thx