> Thanks for what you are doing - I am more of a mlt user than dev, but > I am coder and completely appreciate the value of unit tests. > > I have a lengthy and tangled wad of python code that tests a bunch of > stuff. In it's current state it isn't a reliable test - when it fails > I have to go track down what failed, and 1/2 the time it's essentially > a bug in the test. > > I would be up for making it fit for human consumption, but there is a > blocker: the debian pocketsphinx-utils package is deprecated - there > currently is no maintainer and what's currently packaged is pretty out > of date. I took a crack at packaging it, failed. so waiting for > someone else. > > Here is what my script does: > > renders the text ABCDE into .dv files, uses melt to mux them with an > audio file of a voice saying "go forward ten meters" and encode, the > demuxes the audio back out to a file and pulls a frame out, runs it > though gocr and looks for the string ABCDE, and runs the audio though > sphinx, text comes out, if all is well "go forward ten meters" > (don't be surprised, the input file is a sample from the sphinx > codebase) > > So it tests that melt can render text, encode and end up with a result > that looks and sounds acceptable. (basically. I am sure there are > cases where it may look/sound terrible but the automated test will be > smart enough to figure out the strings anyway.) > > It also tests that my django code can connect to the currently > configured database, and a bunch of other stuff that has nothing to do > with testing melt. again, not fit for human consumption. > > https://github.com/CarlFK/veyepar/blob/master/dj/scripts/run_tests.py > > Because I can no longer apt-get install sphinx (or whatever the > package is called, it no longer exits in the repo) I disabled the > audio tests from my script. > > So if someone can package current sphinx (or any other speech > recognition system) I'll rip my code apart into components and submit > them to your collection.
Thanks Carl, I'll have a look at your scripts. I'm sure there are some golden nuggets in there. The OCR angle is particularly interesting to me - it hadn't occurred to me before. Hopefully, when this is up and running, it will be trivial for anyone to submit a new test script (however trite it may be) and automatically add it to the mix. ~BM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Mlt-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mlt-devel
