Re: timestamp in dv file, dvgrab oddness

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Carl Karsten<[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to set the os file datetime to the datetime of the first frame
> of the dv file.  I tired to figure out how to parse the dv frame, but
> failed.  dvgrab will do it for me, but over 1/2 the time it 'hangs'
> such that I need to kill-9 it (even when running the same command at a
> shell prompt.)

Let me clarify to others that he is reading raw DV from stdin or file.

> The dvdate.py below seems to work, but the die die die stuff bothers
> me, and it's kinda clunky anyway.
>
> 1. how else can I get the timestamp out of a .dv file?
> Ideally I would like python bindings to some lib that will raise
> exceptions if the format isn't right, etc.

There are some python bindings for libdv. I recommend that approach.
Search around. I know the tool Cuisine had some bindings. You can also
probably create some rather quickly using swig.

> 2. why is dvgrab getting hung up?

I don't know. Here is the bug you already file a while ago:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2460025&group_id=14103&atid=114103

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