[Tutor] how to test .mov file using python

[Andreas Kostyrka]

Am Mittwoch, den 01.11.2006, 15:57 -0500 schrieb yuz10 at psu.edu:
> Andreas,
> Thank you very much for your reply. "Using mplayer to test if the
Well, that's nothing python related. mplayer is an Linux movie player
that can be used for all kinds of secondary uses.

Andreas
>  video track decodes" sounds like a good idea. I am a new python user.
> Could you please talk more details about how to do that. 
> 
> Thanks again,
> Yi
> 
> On 11/1/06, Andreas Kostyrka <andreas at kostyrka.org> wrote:
>         Am Mittwoch, den 01.11.2006, 10:39 -0500 schrieb
>         yuz10 at psu.edu:
>         > I know that python has many packages such as nose, which is
>         for
>         > testing. Now I am going to test a quicktime file to find out
>         if it 
>         > works properly. Are there an existing python package could
>         do that?
>         > And how to write the program?
>         
>         AFAIK, quicktime mov files are complicated beasts, with an
>         embedded
>         scripting language and all. Depending upon your requirement,
>         you can use 
>         mplayer to test if the video track decodes, or need manual
>         testing with
>         the quicktime player.
>         
>         Andreas
>         
>         >
>         > Thanks,
>         > Yi
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