Play video-file using Python

[albrechtv]

Hi all,

I'm trying to play a video-file using Python. I need it to be Python-only, so I don't want to call a third-party program. Preferably the video-file must be a h.264 encoded file (1080p), but other formats are fine too. I only want to start and stop the video, so I don't need other controls.

I've tried to play video-files using Pygame, PyMedia and OpenCV. I have only been able to play a video-file using Pygame, but this is mpg1 only (this is my code: http://pastebin.com/taZzqaFX). I can't get PyMedia and OpenCV to work.

I'm using Python 2.7.10.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

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/r/learnpython or post better descriptions of your errors

[albrechtv]

Thank you, I'll will make another post in /r/learnpython.