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

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

Hi Yusuke

Fantastic to hear from you! Very glad you're still interested in the
project as well, and thanks for your quick reply!

Regards
David

Yusuke Shinyama wrote:
> Hi Andy and David,
>
> Thanks to the patches! Yes, I'm still alive and trying to get this
> updated, but having no chance recently... Actually, I have a sorta
> big change to the UI, and I don't want to release the next version
> until this part is finished.  I have also received a couple of
> patches and comments, but they're just put aside for now.  Sorry.
>
> Yusuke
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 18:05:00 +0200, David Fraser <da...@sj...> wrote:
>   
>> 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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