Hi, The movie module might be dropped this release if no one can pick up maintenance.
Checkout https://github.com/Zulko/moviepy This shows it might not be too hard to make a backend which pipes from ffmpeg. https://zulko.github.io/blog/2013/09/27/read-and-write-video-frames-in-python-using-ffmpeg/ There is a VLC pygame.movie backend as well, but not sure how well it's working currently. Maybe some more collaboration with moviepy people could be a good idea. best, On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Ted Hunt <ted.h...@clear.net.nz> wrote: > > Thanks Michael for your comments. > > Does anyone know what the future is for the movie module ? Will be > eventually be included in all builds ? It would be great if it also > supported a more modern video format (mpeg1 is not great for HD movies). > > Or should I be looking for an alternative ? I did see a post somewhere > about piping data to/from ffmpeg ? > > Cheers, > > Ted. > > > On 16/12/2014 12:46 a.m., Michael Lutynski wrote: > >> Hello Ted, >> >> That’s quite the effort, and I’d love to give it a go on my Kubunutu >> Linux setup, but the pygame movie module isn’t implemented here, so my >> pygame cannot play the .mpg videos :( >> >> python TimeTrek.py >>> >> TimeTrek.py:2948: RuntimeWarning: use movie: No module named movie >> (ImportError: No module named movie) >> movie = pygame.movie.Movie("movies/PreIntro.mpg") >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "TimeTrek.py", line 2969, in <module> >> main() >> File "TimeTrek.py", line 87, in main >> preintro() >> File "TimeTrek.py", line 2948, in preintro >> movie = pygame.movie.Movie("movies/PreIntro.mpg") >> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/__init__.py", line 102, >> in __getattr__ >> raise NotImplementedError(MissingPygameModule) >> NotImplementedError: movie module not available >> (ImportError: No module named movie) >> >> It would be great if you could get an account on pygame.org so you could >> post your game there for discovery and feedback. >> >> Can anyone here help Ted showcase his game on pygame.org? >> >> Michael >> >> On Mon : Dec 15, 2014 4:12:10 PM you wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> I've been unsuccessful at getting registered on pygame.org, so I thought >>> I'd post a link to my game here. Sorry if that's the wrong thing to do. >>> >>> My game (Time Trek) is based on a game I played on the TRS-80 (micro >>> computer from the late 70s). I've updated... everything a bit :-) >>> >>> Here's a link to download it :- >>> >>> https://mega.co.nz/#!QZMTgR6S!4DJQ8KvQ5VdXwnCKIR63ouU2ng0z7Q >>> 93c4kzE3A1foo >>> >>> It requires python 2.7 and a pygame 1.9.2 that contains the movie module >>> (http://pygame.org/ftp/pygame-1.9.2a0.win32-py2.7.msi). >>> Also at least a core 2 duo or better processor. >>> >>> I hope you enjoy it and any feedback is welcome. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Ted. >>> >>> --- >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >>> protection is active. >>> http://www.avast.com >>> >>> > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > >
