[linux-audio-dev]Using python for small multimedia app ?

[Cournapeau David]

RTaylor wrote:
> On 2004-06-03 14:54:56 +0000 Cournapeau David <cournape at enst.fr> wrote:
> 
>>     I am discovering python, having looked for a matlab-like 
>> environement. I am wondering now if it is possible to do some small 
>> multimedia applications with it; more precisely, I would like to 
>> develop a scientific application for audio/video analysis. Basically, 
>> I need to show an avi
>> video with a synchronised waveform view of the sound, and some other 
>> features views, like the pitch of the film voices (the actual pitch 
>> detection doesn't need to be computed on the fly).
>>
>>     Python seems really great for rapid developement, but I wonder if 
>> it is possible to play different media synchronously (the media 
>> decoding itself will be of course coded in C/C++) with it? Does anyone 
>> here have any experience with multimedia and python ?
> 
> 
> www.squeak.org
> 
>  It's not Python {but there are bindings available {should you need them}}.
> 
>  ...Should take you a couple of hours.
> 
> If you really have your heart set on python:
> 
>  http://pythoncard.sourceforge.net
> 
> 
Thank you all for your answers. I don't know why I didn't think about 
PD: excellent way to see its possibilities !

Concerning the SC language: I don't know anything about it, but I think 
it is kind of overkill for my application (which doesn't really demand 
any RT capabilities, if you don't consider playing a video as a RT 
problem). Seems interesting, though for other applications.

cheers,

David