Paul Scott wrote: > I have been tasked to come up with an audio recorder desktop (cross > platform if possible - but linux only is OK) that: > > 1. records a lecture as an MP3 file (pymedia?) > 2. Provides a login form for server credentials > 3. Uploads via XMLRPC (pyxmlrpclib) to the server as a podcast > > I have been working on this (having never really worked with Python > before) for the past 24 hours or so, and would just like to get some > feedback on the direction that I am taking if possible. > > 1. Is pymedia an active project? Should I use something else? > Pymedia seems to have gone unmaintained for several years now. I'd suggest looking at AVbin http://code.google.com/p/avbin. It provides a nice interface to code that is *very* actively maintained. Even though I've not used it, it is maintained by someone who I do trust to do a good job. > 2. GUI design - I am using glade designer and pyGTK. Good choice? > > 3. pyXMLRPClib - active? Something better? > > 4. I see that there are literally thousands of somewhat external looking > libraries for python, I presume that there is some way of bundling all > the deps into a single source and then compiling? or otherwise packaging > them all (this software will be for academia, so difficult installs are > out!) > > 5. Editor - I am using Eric (which I quite like), any advice on IDE's? > > Any help would be massively appreciated! Python looks like a *really* > easy and powerful language (hey, I managed to do a desktop application > in a few hours and I am a botanist!) and I would like to do a lot more > with it. I have a PHP background (taught myself that also) so C syntax > is almost like my native tongue :) but Python syntax seems just as easy, > if not easier! > > I am still going through Mark Pilgrims' tutorials (dive into ones) and > am slowly getting the hang of things, so if these questions seem inane, > please do excuse me and feel free to tell me to RTFM! > > Thanks > > --Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > All Email originating from UWC is covered by disclaimer > http://www.uwc.ac.za/portal/public/portal_services/disclaimer.htm >
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