Re: timestamp in dv file, dvgrab oddness

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Dan Dennedy<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.

Reading from a file, parsing the date from the text from stderr.

>
>> 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.

I have googled python+dv + stuff.  just tried again, knowing I needed
to keep trying until i found it, and presto:

https://dev.interhost.no/pylibdv/

thanks for the push.

>
>> 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

Oh yeah.  good.  I was wondering if I should file something :)

-- 
Carl K

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