Re: [Vnc2swf-users] pyvnc2swf feedback, fix and improvements proposal

[David F. <da...@sj...>]

Hi Andy

Thanks for the patches. I've also tried to submit some patches recently,
but have been unable to contact Yusuke Shinyama, the project maintainer.
Yusuke, hope you are doing well - are you still interested in
maintaining this project?

Regards
David

Andy Leszczynski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First of all thx for a great idea and implementation.
> I am about to make some sreencast soon and your
> pyvnc2swf came handy totally unexpectedly. I enjoy it
> even more as I work on large Python software
> development. I have a question, error/fix report and
> some improvement ideas. But first for the record
> versions of software I use :
>
> $ pwd
> /cygdrive/d/pyvnc2swf-0.8.2
> $ python24
> Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310
> 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
> more information.
>   
>>>> import pymedia
>>>> pymedia.__version__
>>>>         
> '1.3.7.0'
>   
>>>> import pygame
>>>> pygame.__version__
>>>>         
> '1.7.1release'
>
>
> 1) Question: I can not find out what is the difference
> between SWF/Shape SWF/Video. I would like to ask you
> to point me at some docs explaining the difference. 
>
> 2) Fix. I tried to export my SWF to MPEG and edit.py
> was crashing. After some investigation I realized that
> a bug is here:
>
> $ diff output.py~ output.py
> 758c758
> <       self.out_file.write(encFrame)
> ---
>   
>>       self.out_file.write(encFrame.data)
>>     
>
> There is a significant improvement but produced MPEG2
> is large and blinks
>
>
> 3) Improvement proposal. The '-s scaling' option is
> very infeasible for MPEG since it multiplies the
> source resolution by the float point number factor and
> it is hard to get the destination resolution meeting
> the MPEG req (like divisible by 2). Having an option
> -r resolution would really help.
>
>
> 4) Improvement with ad hoc fix. I use the GUI/Tk
> version to screencast short but frequent clips. It is
> cumbersome to enter the password and select a new file
> every time. So I adds a piece of code keeping the
> password and numbering the file. Here it is:
>
> $ diff  vnc2swf.py~  vnc2swf.py
> 66a67
>   
>> password=None
>>     
> 87c88,90
> <     return tkPasswordDialog('Login',
> ---
>   
>>     global password
>>     if password is None:
>>       password=tkPasswordDialog('Login',
>>     
> 89a93
>   
>>     return password
>>     
> 128a133
>   
>>     self.originalfilename=None
>>     
> 189a195,208
>   
>>   def __update_filename(self):
>>     if self.originalfilename is None:
>>       self.originalfilename=self.info.filename
>>     import os
>>     def addc(filename,c):
>>       return
>>     
> '%s%03d%s'%(filename[:-4],c,filename[-4:])
>   
>>     c=0
>>     f=addc(self.originalfilename,c)
>>     while os.path.exists(f):
>>       c+=1
>>       f=addc(self.originalfilename,c)
>>     print 9999,self.originalfilename,f
>>     return f
>>
>>     
> 190a210,211
>   
>>     assert self.info.filename
>>     self.info.filename=self.__update_filename()
>>     
> 197d217
> <     assert self.info.filename
>
>
> Thx again for a great tool. Best regards.
>
>
> --
>
> AndyL
>
> When all you have is a hammer, every problem looks
> like a nail.
>
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