Play .mp4 using python and check if/while it is still playing

Question

I\'m using Windows 64 bit. I have tried several libraries. Couldnt\' get pygame to work, couldnt\' get pymedia to install on python 2.7.

Eventually got mplayer for

Answer 1

It's a little awkward to do this, due to the streaming nature of this implementation, and the lack of documentation.

However, this is how you do it:

    p = 'C:\\mymusic.mp4'
    v = VideoPlayback_MPlayer.FromPath(p)
    v.playAsync()
    while v.isPlaying:
        time.sleep(0.1)

Where you have a video player class like this:

class VideoPlayback_MPlayer:
    def __init__(self, path):
        self.path = path

    def playAsync(self):
        import mplayer #pip install mplayer.py and also setup choco install mplayer myself via http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mplayer-win32/MPlayer%20and%20MEncoder/r37451%2Bg531b0a3/MPlayer-x86_64-r37451%2Bg531b0a3.7z?r=http%3A%2F%2Foss.netfarm.it%2Fmplayer%2F&ts=1442363467&use_mirror=tcpdiag
        self.isPlaying = True

        EOFDetectionArgs = "-msglevel global=6"
        self.player = mplayer.Player(args=EOFDetectionArgs.split(), stderr=None, autospawn=True)
        self.player.stdout.connect(self._EOFDetector)
        self.player.loadfile(self.path) 
        self.player.pause() # someone says online this kicks in the audio http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16385225/play-mp4-using-python-and-check-if-while-it-is-still-playing       

    def _EOFDetector(self, stream):
        if stream.startswith('EOF code:'):
            self.isPlaying = False

    @property
    def done(self):
        return not self.isPlaying


    def play(self):
        self.playAsync()
        while self.isPlaying:
            time.sleep(0.00001)        

    @staticmethod
    def FromPath(path):
        return VideoPlayback_MPlayer(path)