multimedia

Python - platform-independent 5.1 Sound Library

Is there any dolby/5.1/7.1 audio processing Python library? It would be best if it is platform independent. Would be nice if it looks like: import lib f = lib.open("8channels_audiofile") lib.play(from=f.channel3, to="left rear"); ...

How best to notify my Delphi App from a Windows callback

I'm using the Multimedia timer in Delphi and this works great for quite accurate callbacks (compared to a traditional TTimer). However the callback is from another thread. I dont have a convenient form to use for PostMessage() or a message based means of notifying my app that the callback has happened - I just have a class. I'm happy wit...

Multimedia files written over WAN are getting truncated

I use the windows Multimedia API to create .wav files. 1. Open file with mmsioOpen 2. Creates WAVE,frm and data chunks using mmioCreateChunk 3. Write audio data using mmioWrite 4. Ascend out of the chunks using mmioAscend 5. Close file using mmioClose The file is being written into a temporary location, so after it has been closed it ge...

Writing you own media library: where to start?

Hi, i'd like to add a media library to a custom-made CMS that is build on Zend Framework and Doctrine. The goal is to build something like Worpress's media library: you can upload media and then attach it to for example an article. Do you have any suggestions how to start on this? How should the database be designed? Is there any code...

Raw Audio Conversion

While, I'm reading gstreamer document I found this: " Audioconvert converts raw audio buffers between various possible formats. It supports integer to float conversion, width/depth conversion, signedness and endianness conversion and channel transformations." I only understand "depth" (bit number per sample) "signedness and endianness"...

What are the best audio and video codecs for Internet multimedia session

Please can anyone tell me what are the best audio and video codecs provided by Gstreamer and used within an Internet multimedia session (specially with voice and video over IP application) ...

How do I become a multimedia programmer?

Recently I'm interesting in multimedia programming but all I know about multimedia is simple and basic concepts related to codecs and container formats. So can you tell me from where to begin and is there some good books which explain multimedia concepts from software programming standpoint. In fact, I'm looking for the prerequisite kn...

What is the best way to play video file in Delphi ?

I need to play video file (using installed codecs) and get some file info (such as frame rate and length). ...

Cross-Platform Language + GUI Toolkit for Prototyping Multimedia Applications

I'm looking for a language + GUI toolkit for rapidly prototyping utility applications for multimedia installations. I've been working with Max/MSP/Jitter for many years, but I'd like to add a text-based language to my 'arsenal' for tasks apart from 'content production'. (When it comes to actual media synthesis, my choices are clear [Su...

what are the facilities for frames and templates in dreamweaver?

what are the facilities for frames and templates in dreamweaver? is it creating frames, creating nested frames and so on.. ...

Why does Silverlight provides webcam and microphone support without any encoding API?

In the list of new features in Silverlight 4 you will find following: Webcam and microphone to allow sharing of video and audio for instance for chat or customer service applications. Silverlight captures an audio stream as raw pcm. So how would you realize for example audio/video chat or client/server audio recording application ...

Downloading multimedia content in java from php pages

The url: http://www.teamliquid.net/replay/download.php?replay=1830 is a download link to a .rep file. My question is: how to download this content in java knowing the name of the original rep file in order to save it with a defined prefix, like path/_.rep //I was trying to run wget from java but I don't see how to get the original fil...

Extract sound from video

I'm currently doing my Multimedia assignment where I have to create a new video using one video as a foreground and another as a background. OpenCV allows me to do just that: extracting images from each frame in video, processing them and putting the results back into a video format. However, OpenCV is only a computer vision library. Is ...

Next track or shuffle in M3U playlist?

I have a M3U playlist that has URLs for some MP3s around the web. It's on a server so I can open it on other computers and my iPhone. Unfortunately, all the players I've tried don't let me hit the "next" button to go to the next song in the playlist. Is there a way to specify that ability in the M3U file? Or, if not that, can I make ...

Playing sounds over the microphone in c++

Hi, I am making a program in C++ for Windows XP that requires sound to be played so that any program that is currently recording the microphone can hear it, but it will not come out of the speakers. There seems to be no "real" way of doing it, but it is possible to go into "sndvol32 -R" and set the Wave out mix or similar as the current...

Fastest python/C++ multimedia library

I'm using pyglet for my OpenGL based game but is it the fastest library out there which has a python wrapper? I could create a C++ extension and use any C++ multimedia library. Are there any C++ libraries that are worth investing time into or is it not worth the extra work? Thank you. ...

What cms for multimedia content ?

Hello I'm going to make a website for my band, and I wonder the best and shortest solution to make it. It would like a few pages, with boxes for example, as the iGoogle page, with image, sound, text or video content in it. I've seen joomla and wordpress, for example, but i'm lost between the number of existing extentions and theme. Do...

How to enable MMCSS in C# app ?

I want to try Multimedia Class Scheduler Service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684247(v=VS.85).aspx I hope it can reduce latency by scheduling my threads better. How can it be done in C# ? Note: my app is nothing to do with multimedia I just need features of MMCSS. ...

How would a SIP request would look like when inviting more clients to conversation

Hi, I've finished my SIP client and it works, as long as it comes to one on one, or x on x if the participants are defined in the beginning of the call. I would like to attach a caller or a callee in the middle of the call, I understand the main issue is in the media session joining implementation, but I do need to tell the new partici...

Video plays just the first 5 seconds

Using: private void play() { VideoView v = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView); MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, R.raw.video); mp.setDisplay(v.getHolder()); mp.start(); } My video plays just about 5 first seconds, and stay like paused.. why does it happen? Is it something related to buffer? (I'm playing a...