def __init__(self, videofile, vlc_bin=None):
self.videofile = videofile
self.vlc_bin = vlc_bin or find_vlc()
cmd = \
[self.vlc_bin] + \
shlex.split('--intf lua --lua-intf dumpmeta --no-video-title ' + \
'--no-media-library -V dummy -A dummy') + \
[self.videofile, 'vlc://quit']
process = subprocess.Popen(
cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
self.stdout, self.stderr = process.communicate()
def __init__(self, command_args, vlc_bin=None, timeout=120, \
verbose=False, debug=False, error_on_segfault=True):
# specific command line arguments to pass to VLC
self.command_args = command_args
# path to the VLC executable
self.vlc_bin = vlc_bin or find_vlc()
# say something?
self.verbose = verbose
# do something to support debugging the underlying VLC
self.debug = debug
# the subprocess reference
self.process = None
# the subprocess will be started in another thread
self.thread = None
# for timing out the operation
self.timer = None
self.timeout = timeout
# indicates whether we are currently terminating ourselves regularly
self.terminating = False
# indicates whether a timeout occurred
self.timeout_occurred = False
# for monitoring VLC's log file
self.logmonitor = None
self.logfile = NamedTemporaryFile(delete=not self.debug)
# time keeping
self.begin = 0
self.finish = 0
# whether processing was successful
self.success = None
# whether to error or warn on segfault
self.error_on_segfault = error_on_segfault