While watching this movie on YouTube, I recognised several people in small roles. Most of them their first roles.
(I never knew about this short before last night)
It is the first (short) movie by Richard Curtis, a (now) famous writer/director. (Mr Bean, The Black Adder)
He only did “Not the nine O’clock News” before that.
Funny to see the young faces.
Many have worked together after this short.
I made a short incomplete link graph.
Follow-up on previous post.
I’ve posted about sounds before, annoying!
The Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect that has been used in many films and TV series, beginning in 1951 with the film Distant Drums. The scream is usually used when someone is shot, falls from a great height, or is thrown from an explosion. See also Squeaky door.
About movie props
Not that annoying, but I can’t think about anything else as the previous film I saw the prop in.
Props in They Live (1988) I saw in 2024
Wait a minute! Thats from Ghostbusters (1984)
Even another film exists using the same prop (never seen this movie)
The prop was made using a shoe polisher thingy b.t.w.
I’m a big fan of Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson.
(Bottom, Dangerous (Danger) Brothers, Young Ones, Black Adder etc)
I love the live shows, I’ve mentioned that before.
Today we were watching a movie, just one in our collection.
It was American Werewolf in London.
I knew there were some great practical effects in there.
(All pre CGI)
Then I saw a face a few seconds. Damn could it be Rik?
Yes it is ..
But I know he did several movies
Welllllll, I more identify with Ade.
Bald, mostly interested in being drunk, and playing in a folkband. 🙂
Woo-hoo!
In 2013 I converted an online list of movies from here:
https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/
We watched all of them. ( And others .. )
Some unknown beauties. Some we didn’t understand or liked. But we persevered. We can do this!
See also:
Are we done? .. No, next to check, are the movies which entered the list after 250. Maybe half of the new ones we’ve seen ..
I didn’t find an easy and working movie player for wide screen setups.
Like double/triple monitor setups.
I’ve got 3x 1920×1080 monitors connected to my battlestation.
With a resolution of 5760×1080
Simple Python code to play a movie fullscreen
# importing vlc module
import vlc
# creating vlc media player object
media_player = vlc.MediaPlayer()
# media object
media = vlc.Media("movie.mp4")
# setting media to the media player
media_player.set_media(media)
media_player.toggle_fullscreen()
# start playing video
media_player.play()
But trying to get this stable working, I resorted to pysimplegui
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import vlc
import sys
from sys import platform as PLATFORM
try:
movie=sys.argv[1]
except:
print(sys.argv[0] + " filename")
exit()
sg.theme('DarkBlue')
layout = [[sg.Image('', size=(5760, 1080), key='-VID_OUT-')]]
window = sg.Window('Triple movie player', layout, no_titlebar=True, margins=(0,0),location=(0,0), size=(5760,1080), keep_on_top=True, finalize=True,resizable=False)
window.bring_to_front()
window.Maximize()
window.bind("<Escape>", "-ESCAPE-")
window.bind("<Return>", "-ENTER-")
window['-VID_OUT-'].expand(True, True)
inst = vlc.Instance()
list_player = inst.media_list_player_new()
media_list = inst.media_list_new([])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
player = list_player.get_media_player()
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
player.set_xwindow(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
else:
player.set_hwnd(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
media_list.add_media(movie)
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
list_player.play()
while True:
event, values = window.read(timeout=1000)
if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED:
break
if event == '-ENTER-':
list_player.play()
if event == '-ESCAPE-':
list_player.stop()
window.close()
window.close()
I’ve converted some of my Vuze media to the correct resolution using kdenlive.
Kdenlive howto
My girlfriend sometimes asks me what country/language is that?
(When seeing written text or hearing people talk)
I’ve studied japanese a long time ago, and I still can read some characters. Sometimes the western words are translated using katakana.
Those are easier. ( For years i had a little card in my wallet with katakana, written a large japanese scroll on ricepaper, a computer demo and terminal tools)
Modern Japanese is written in a mixture of three basic scripts: Kanji — which are Chinese ideographic symbols — as well as Hiragana and Katakana — two phonetic alphabets (syllables). There are a few thousand Kanji characters, while Hiragana and Katakana have 46 each
Katakana chart
ア a イ i ウ u エ e オ o
カ ka キ ki ク ku ケ ke コ ko
サ sa シ shi ス su セ se ソ so
タ ta チ chi ツ tsu テ te ト to
ナ na ニ ni ヌ nu ネ ne ノ no
ハ ha ヒ hi フ fu ヘ he ホ ho
マ ma ミ mi ム mu メ me モ mo
ヤ ya ユ yu ヨ yo
ラ ra リ ri ル ru レ re ロ ro
ワ wa
ン n
So mostly a consonant combined with a vowel.
A dash – for a dubble vowel, and a u can be silent.
My name is ヘンリ
In my mind i use below to identify languages.
Spoken language is difficult to explain, but these guys nail it.
Some suggestions/answers for some friends.
Movie stabilisation from action cams:
Mostly I use kdenlive, but if you have an actioncam which also records movement (pan, tilt, zoom, and rotation) use a tool like Gyroflow!
This will use the motion data to correct the movement!
https://userbase.kde.org/Kdenlive/Manual/Clip_Menu/Stabilize
I’ve tried Davinci Resolve also. But I’m not sure which i’ve used for below movies.
Using blender : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCHjdEODrpM
OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=982RL4a899g
If you want even an easier way, upload to YT, stabilise and download you movie. 🙂
Something else, what music to listen to? Any suggestions?
I had to name some (most by heart), I will edit/alter this list.
The folk/pipes artists will be in a next post.
Heavier stuff:
The prodigy, nightwish, in extremo, tanzwut, after forever, faun, gathering, therion, withintemptation
Folky
Trolska polska, dervish, gaelic storm, lunasa, michael mcgoldrick, peatbog faeries, beoga
Jazzy folk
Borne and mcleod, Bees Knees (Hamish moore and dick lee)
Film music
Akira, Vangelis (bladerunner), Kill Bill music (all kinds of sources)
Electro
Junky-xl, Trentemoller, Alt-j, Avcii
Classical
Einaudi, ennio morricone, Paganini,Rondò Veneziano
Easy listening
Aereda, Andreas Vollenweider,Anuna, Clannad, Dead can danve, enya, Era, Lais, kitaro, Moya Brennan,omnia
Blues
BB King
Divers
Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto, Buddha bar, Buena Vista Social Club, Cafe del mar, Mark Knopfler, Easy Alohas
Indie
Kensington, Imagine Dragons, 77 bombay street, Mumford and Sons, Lumineers, Of monsters and men,
Scottish Rock
Runrig
Find other music/genre’s
Created this for usage with Kodi, for our own personal movies, which can’t be scraped by movie scrapers obviously.
(dvd-rip,digital video, mobile movies, OBS, Vuze and Nikon movies for example)
UPDATE V2 added functions
This is a followup on:
Works on Windows also!
Needed libraries: (install with pip)
pathlib, Pillow, pymediainfo,PySimpleGUI,python-vlc
NFO created
Title – editable (generated from filename)
Duration – mediainfo data in seconds
Plot – Single line type it yourself
Actors – Predefined
Tags – Predefined checkboxes
Country – Pulldown ( I use this as location, Scotland, Asia, Garden)
Year – default 2023, copy button from mobile phone metadata year
Genre – Pulldown
Works
Needs work
Wish list
The GUI in action (V1)
Kodi example
CODE ( WIP ) V2
I place this python script in every library directory. So i can change the checkboxes and the NFO being generated.
I fill the directory with symlinks for every movie I want to have included in this directory, but this is not needed. (thats the way I like to do things)
(This is the directory I scrape into Kodi)
from pathlib import Path
from sys import platform as PLATFORM
import os
import re
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import vlc
from pymediainfo import MediaInfo
from PIL import Image, ImageEnhance, ImageTk, ImageOps, ImageFilter
from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
'''
WARNING, NFO overwrites previous!!
'''
alltags = ["music", "pipes", "computer","bbq","fun","art","travel","hobby","family","retro","compilation","retro","vuze"]
#------- WINDOWS FIX --------#
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
print("yeah linux baby!")
else:
os.add_dll_directory(r'E:\VLC')
duration=0
tmptag=""
def nextFile(currentfile,dir):
newfile=""
dirpath = os.path.dirname(dir)
fileList = []
for f in os.listdir(dirpath):
#fpath = os.path.join(dirpath, f)
fpath = f
if os.path.isfile(fpath) and f.endswith(('.mp4', '.mov', '.mpg','.avi','.mkv','.3gp')):
fileList.append(fpath)
fileList.sort()
for i in range(len(fileList)):
# print("fileList[i] " + fileList[i])
try:
if (fileList[i]) == currentfile:
newfile=fileList[i+1]
break
except:
newfile=fileList
return newfile
def loadthumb(thumbfile):
# IF exists
path_to_file = thumbfile
path = Path(path_to_file)
if path.is_file():
im = Image.open(thumbfile)
im=ImageOps.contain(im, (640,640))
thumbimage = ImageTk.PhotoImage(image=im)
window['thumb'].update(data=thumbimage)
else:
window['thumb'].update("")
def loadnfo(file):
#LOAD NFO
nfo=file + ".nfo"
path = Path(nfo)
if path.is_file():
f = open(nfo, "r")
innfo=f.read()
f.close()
# print ("file : " + nfo)
innfo="".join([s for s in innfo.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()])
# Clear some fields
window['year'].update("")
window['plot'].update("")
# Update fields test
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('country') is not None:
nfolocation = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('country')
window['location'].update(value=nfolocation.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('year') is not None:
nfoyear = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('year')
window['year'].update(nfoyear.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('plot') is not None:
nfoplot = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('plot')
window['plot'].update(nfoplot.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('title') is not None:
nfotitle = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('title')
window['-NM-'].update(nfotitle.text)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('genre') is not None:
nfogenre = ET.fromstring(innfo).find('genre')
window['genre'].update(value=nfogenre.text)
window['coline'].update(False)
window['henri'].update(False)
window['monique'].update(False)
for actor in ET.fromstring(innfo).findall('actor'):
name = actor.find('role').text
if name == "Coline":
window['coline'].update(True)
if name == "Henri":
window['henri'].update(True)
if name == "Monique":
window['monique'].update(True)
for alltag in alltags:
window[alltag].update(False)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('tag') is not None:
for tag in ET.fromstring(innfo).findall('tag'):
if tag.text in window.AllKeysDict:
window[tag.text].update(True)
window['coline'].update(False)
window['henri'].update(False)
window['monique'].update(False)
for actor in ET.fromstring(innfo).findall('actor'):
name = actor.find('role').text
if name == "Coline":
window['coline'].update(True)
if name == "Henri":
window['henri'].update(True)
if name == "Monique":
window['monique'].update(True)
for alltag in alltags:
window[alltag].update(False)
if ET.fromstring(innfo).find('tag') is not None:
for tag in ET.fromstring(innfo).find('tag'):
window[tag.text].update(True)
else:
innfo=""
window['LOADNFO'].update(innfo)
#------- Button definition --------#
def btn(name):
return sg.Button(name, size=(6, 2), pad=(1, 1))
#def tag(name):
# return sg.Checkbox(name, enable_events=True)
#------- GUI definition & setup --------#
sg.theme('SystemDefaultForReal')
l1=sg.Text("New title")
l2=sg.Multiline(" ", expand_x=True, key='-OUT-', expand_y=True,justification='left', size=(20,15))
l3=sg.Multiline(" ", expand_x=True, key='LOADNFO', expand_y=True,justification='left', size=(20,15))
l4=sg.Text("Plot")
t1=sg.Input("", key='-NM-')
t2=sg.Input("", key='plot',enable_events=True)
cb=[]
for alltag in alltags:
cb.append(sg.Checkbox(alltag, key=alltag, enable_events=True))
cb.append(sg.Input("", key='addtag',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
cb.append(sg.Combo(["Lab","Datacenter","home","Outside","Outside","Lloydwebber","Steenweg","Enschede","Netherlands","Germany","Italy","Scotland","Canada","Egypt","Belgium","Sweden","Ireland","Asia","NewZealand","Hilversum"],default_value='Lab',key='location'))
cb.append(sg.Combo(["Storage","Funny","Vacation","Music","Relation"],default_value='Storage',key='genre'))
nameyear=[]
nameyear.append(sg.Checkbox("Coline", key='coline', enable_events=True,default=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Checkbox("Henri", key='henri', enable_events=True,default=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Checkbox("Monique", key='monique', enable_events=True,default=False))
nameyear.append(sg.Input("2023",key='year',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Button("copyyear\nmetadata", key='copymeta', size=(20, 1), pad=(1, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Input("",key='metayear',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Button("copyyear\nfilename", key='copyname', size=(20, 1), pad=(1, 1), enable_events=True))
nameyear.append(sg.Input("",key='fileyear',size=(5, 1), enable_events=True))
b1=sg.Button("WRITE NFO", key='write', enable_events=True)
b2=sg.Button("Exit", key='exit', enable_events=True)
#------- Layout total --------#
layout = [[sg.Input(key='-VIDEO_LOCATION-', visible=False, enable_events=True),
sg.FileBrowse(file_types=(("Video files", "*.mkv *.mov *.mp4 *3gp *avi *mpg"),)),btn('next')],
[sg.Text('Load media to start', key='-MESSAGE_AREA-')],
[sg.Image('', size=(600, 480), key='-VID_OUT-', pad=(1, 1)),sg.Image('', size=(600, 480), key='thumb', pad=(1, 1))],
[btn('mute'), btn('play'), btn('pause'), btn('stop'), btn('snap'), btn('snaprot'), btn('lighten'), btn('darken'), sg.Combo(["4:3","16:9","9:16"],key='aspect',enable_events=True)],
[sg.Slider(range=(0, 1000), default_value=1, expand_x=True, enable_events=True, orientation='horizontal', key='-SL-')],
[sg.Text('org title', key='orgtitle')],
[l1, t1, l4, t2],[cb],[nameyear],[b1, l2, l3, b2],
[sg.Text('GENERATED -= mini nfo writer =- PREVIOUS', key='footer')]
]
#------- Set window --------#
window = sg.Window('Mini NFO generator', layout, element_justification='center', finalize=True, resizable=True)
#------- VID out window --------#
window['-VID_OUT-'].expand(True, True)
#------------ Media Player Setup ---------#
inst = vlc.Instance()
list_player = inst.media_list_player_new()
media_list = inst.media_list_new([])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
player = list_player.get_media_player()
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
player.set_xwindow(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
else:
player.set_hwnd(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
#------------ I Want default mute ---------#
player.audio_set_mute(True)
#------------ The Event Loop ------------#
while True:
event, values = window.read(timeout=1000) # run with a timeout so that current location can be updated
if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED:
break
if event == 'mute':
mutevalue = player.audio_get_mute()
if mutevalue==0:
player.audio_set_mute(True)
if mutevalue==1:
player.audio_set_mute(False)
if event == 'play':
list_player.play()
if event == 'pause':
list_player.pause()
if event == 'stop':
list_player.stop()
if event == 'snap':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
player.video_take_snapshot(0, newname, 0, 0)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'snaprot':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.rotate(90, Image.NEAREST, expand = 1)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'lighten':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im1)
im1 = im1.enhance(1.2)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'darken':
list_player.pause()
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = ImageEnhance.Brightness(im1)
im1 = im1.enhance(0.8)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'aspect':
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + "-poster.png"
if values['aspect'] == "4:3":
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.resize((1920 ,int(1920/4*3)), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if values['aspect'] == "16:9":
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.resize((1920 ,int(1920/16*9)), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if values['aspect'] == "9:16":
im1 = Image.open(newname)
im1 = im1.resize((int(1920/16*9),1080), Image.ANTIALIAS)
im1 = im1.save(newname)
loadthumb(newname)
if event == 'write':
filename = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortfilename = filename.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
newname = shortfilename + ".nfo"
f = open(newname, "w")
f.write(out)
f.close()
loadnfo(shortfilename)
if event == 'copymeta':
if datefromfile is not None:
window['year'].update(datefromfile)
if event == 'copyname':
if fileyear is not None:
window['year'].update(fileyear)
if event == '-SL-':
pos=int(values['-SL-'])
player.set_position(pos/ 1000.0)
if values['coline'] == False:
colinetext = ""
if values['coline'] == True:
colinetext = """<actor>
<name>Coline Lastname</name>
<role>Coline</role>
</actor>"""
if values['henri'] == False:
henritext = ""
if values['henri'] == True:
henritext = """<actor>
<name>Henri Aanstoot</name>
<role>Henri</role>
</actor>"""
if values['monique'] == False:
moniquetext = ""
if values['monique'] == True:
moniquetext = """<actor>
<name>Monique Lastname</name>
<role>Monique</role>
</actor>"""
if event == '-VIDEO_LOCATION-':
if values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] and not 'Video URL' in values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']:
media_list.remove_index(0)
media_list.add_media(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
shortname = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
shortname = shortname.rsplit( "/", 1 )[ 1 ]
nextfile=nextFile(shortname,"./")
shortname = shortname.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
window['-NM-'].update(shortname) # only add a legit submit
list_player.stop()
list_player.next()
thumbname=shortname + "-poster.png"
loadthumb(thumbname)
#Print org title
window['orgtitle'].update(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
loadnfo(shortname)
#DURATION
mi = MediaInfo.parse(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
duration=int(mi.tracks[0].duration/1000)
#DATE FROM media
metadate=mi.tracks[0].encoded_date
if metadate is not None:
datefromfile=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", metadate)), None)
window['metayear'].update(datefromfile)
# YEAR FROM FILENAME
fileyear=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", shortname)), None)
# year from filename
if fileyear is not None:
window['fileyear'].update(fileyear)
if event == 'next':
values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] = nextfile
window['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'].update(nextfile)
if values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] and not 'Video URL' in values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']:
media_list.remove_index(0)
media_list.add_media(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
shortname = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']
# shortname = shortname.rsplit( "/", 1 )[ 1 ]
nextfile=nextFile(shortname,"./")
#print(nextfile)
shortname = shortname.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
window['-NM-'].update(shortname) # only add a legit submit
list_player.stop()
list_player.next()
thumbname=shortname + "-poster.png"
loadthumb(thumbname)
#Print org title
window['orgtitle'].update(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
loadnfo(shortname)
#DURATION
mi = MediaInfo.parse(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
duration=int(mi.tracks[0].duration/1000)
#DATE FROM media
metadate=mi.tracks[0].encoded_date
if metadate is not None:
datefromfile=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", metadate)), None)
window['metayear'].update(datefromfile)
# YEAR FROM FILENAME
fileyear=next(iter(re.findall(r"[1][9][8-9][0-9]|[2][0][0-9]{2}", shortname)), None)
# year from filename
if fileyear is not None:
window['fileyear'].update(fileyear)
# media_list.add_media(nextfile)
## shortname = nextfile.rsplit( ".", 1 )[ 0 ]
## window['-NM-'].update(shortname) # only add a legit submit
# print(nextfile)
# window['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'].update(nextfile)
# list_player.next()
# hier moeten wat update dingen bij!
# Add tag
if event == 'addtag':
tmptag="<tag>" + values['addtag'] + "</tag>"
#------------ exit ---------#
if event=='exit':
exit()
#------------ TAGS ---------#
subs=[x.Text for x in cb if x.get()==True]
for idx, x in enumerate(subs):
subs[idx]="<tag>" + subs[idx] + "</tag>"
if values['year'] == False:
year=str(2023)
else:
year=values['year']
if values['location'] == False:
location="Lab"
else:
location=values['location']
if values['plot'] == False:
plot=""
else:
plot=values['plot']
if values['genre'] == False:
genre="Storage"
else:
genre=values['genre']
#------------ NFO TEXT FIELD ---------#
out="""<movie>
<title>{}</title>
<plot>{}</plot>
<genre>{}</genre>
<duration>{}</duration>
<year>{}</year>
<country>{}</country>
{}
{}
{}
{}
{}
</movie>
""".format(values['-NM-'],plot,genre,duration,year,location,colinetext,henritext,moniquetext,tmptag, "\n".join(subs))
out="".join([s for s in out.strip().splitlines(True) if s.strip()])
window['-OUT-'].update(out)
#------------ Messages and timer ---------#
# update elapsed time if there is a video loaded and the player is playing
if player.is_playing():
window['-MESSAGE_AREA-'].update("{:02d}:{:02d} / {:02d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(player.get_time()//1000, 60),
*divmod(player.get_length()//1000, 60)))
else:
window['-MESSAGE_AREA-'].update('Load media to start' if media_list.count() == 0 else 'Ready to play media' )
window.close()
A work in progress – see followup
pip3 install python-vlc && pip3 install PySimpleGUI
Kodi movie NFO file editor test
And a player in python
Some example code
from pathlib import Path
import PySimpleGUI as sg
import vlc
from sys import platform as PLATFORM
sg.theme('DarkBlue')
def btn(name):
return sg.Button(name, size=(6, 1), pad=(1, 1))
b1=sg.Button("WRITE NFO")
b2=sg.Button("Exit")
layout = [[sg.Input(key='-VIDEO_LOCATION-', visible=False, enable_events=True),
sg.FileBrowse(file_types=(("MP4 Files", "*.mp4"),))],
[sg.Image('', size=(600, 480), key='-VID_OUT-')],
[btn('mute'), btn('play'), btn('skip 5sec'), btn('pause'), btn('stop'), btn('snap')],
[sg.Text('Load media to start', key='-MESSAGE_AREA-')],
[sg.Slider(range=(0, 100), default_value=5, expand_x=True, enable_events=True, orientation='horizontal', key='-SL-')],
[[b1, b2]]]
window = sg.Window('Mini NFO generator', layout, element_justification='center', finalize=True, resizable=True)
window['-VID_OUT-'].expand(True, True)
inst = vlc.Instance()
list_player = inst.media_list_player_new()
media_list = inst.media_list_new([])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
player = list_player.get_media_player()
if PLATFORM.startswith('linux'):
player.set_xwindow(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
else:
player.set_hwnd(window['-VID_OUT-'].Widget.winfo_id())
player.audio_set_mute(True)
while True:
event, values = window.read(timeout=1000)
if event == sg.WIN_CLOSED:
break
if event == 'play':
list_player.play()
if event == 'pause':
list_player.pause()
if event == 'stop':
list_player.stop()
if event == 'snap':
list_player.pause()
newname = values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] + ".png"
player.video_take_snapshot(0, newname, 400, 300)
if event == 'next':
player.set_position(0.5)
list_player.play()
if event == 'mute':
player.audio_set_mute(True)
if event == '-SL-':
player.set_position(int(values['-SL-']/100))
if event == '-VIDEO_LOCATION-':
if values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'] and not 'Video URL' in values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-']:
media_list.add_media(values['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'])
list_player.set_media_list(media_list)
window['-VIDEO_LOCATION-'].update('Video URL or Local Path:')
list_player.next()
if player.is_playing():
window['-MESSAGE_AREA-'].update("{:02d}:{:02d} / {:02d}:{:02d}".format(*divmod(player.get_time()//1000, 60),
*divmod(player.get_length()//1000, 60)))
else:
window['-MESSAGE_AREA-'].update('Load media to start' if media_list.count() == 0 else 'Ready to play media' )
window.close()
We like to listen to movie scores. Those are underappreciated most of the times.
That’s why we go to concerts like
We also do a quizes on YT, general movie knowledge, guess the movie by the scene, and guess the movie by musical scores.
We have a spotify playlist with random movie music. Sometimes very hard.
But sometimes we know the movie by its track before we had seen the movie. (Requiem of a Dream)
A lot of the time we make mistakes with Spielberg movies, there are a lot similar sounding moviescores!
See also John Williams remark at
https://www.henriaanstoot.nl/2022/12/07/i-admire-people-who-excel-at-things-they-do/
I’ve got some 5.1 surround music from movies, very nice to hear another dimension.
Some original soundtracks I have in mp3
Ludovico Einaudi – Composer of amazing piano music
https://www.henriaanstoot.nl/2019/08/31/best-of-einaudi-lying-down/
Ennio Morricone – Composer of many Spaghetti westerns
Although not original music written for the movie, because Tarantino likes to pick out tunes to fit the scenes.
3/4 Of the music of Kill Bill is amazing!
The rest is on streaming services
By the scene example
Soundtrack guessing game