The pygame 1.8.1 beta 2 movie module doesn't work correctly. Sound from the MPEG file is played, but not video. (Just a black surface is displayed.) The pygame 1.8.1 pre-release 1236 movie module was working correctly.
I am using Windows XP SP2, Python 2.4.4, the movie-playing code that Lenard posted on 21 May 2008, and the following MPEG file: http://history.msfc.nasa.gov/saturn_apollo/media/ap17asc.mpg Jason