python timers and COM/directshow

[Sayanan Sivaraman]

Hey all,

So I've written a simple video player using directshow/COM in VC++,
and I'm in the process of translating it to python.  For example, when
the avi starts playing, I have a call media_control.Run() , etc.

I'm wondering how I should go about updating my gtk.Hscale widget as a
trackbar for the avi player.

In C++, I have the following callbacks that update the scrollbar and
video position with a timer.

void CvideoDlg::OnNMReleasedcaptureSlider1(NMHDR *pNMHDR, LRESULT
*pResult)
{   //Slider event handler
	LONGLONG lPos = 0;
	LONGLONG lDuration = 0;
	KillTimer(101);

       g_pSeek->GetDuration(&lDuration);
	g_pSeek->GetCurrentPosition(&lPos);


    Videopos= m_slider.GetPos(); //Sets new video position to that of
the slider, which user inputs
	lPos = ((long)Videopos * (lDuration/num_of_frames));


	g_pSeek->SetPositions(&lPos, AM_SEEKING_AbsolutePositioning,NULL,
AM_SEEKING_NoPositioning);
	*pResult = 0;
}
void CvideoDlg::OnTimer(UINT nIDEvent)
{	//Timer event handler.
	LONGLONG lPos = 0;
	LONGLONG lDuration = 0;

    g_pSeek->GetDuration(&lDuration);
	g_pSeek->GetCurrentPosition(&lPos);
	Videopos = (int)(lPos * num_of_frames/ lDuration);
	m_slider.SetPos(Videopos);
	      if (Videopos==(int)(last_frame)) //If we get to the end of the
selection, the video pauses
			  pause();
		  else{
	UpdateData(); //Updates the slider controller and position
	CDialog::OnTimer(nIDEvent);}

}

I'm wondering how I would implement similar callbacks in Python for a
gtk.Hscale, and some sort of time [I'm not familiar with Pythons
timers/threading at all].