components.io.videofilereader

class VideoFileReader(config={}, **kwds)[source]

Bases: Component

Read conventional video files (mp4, flv, AVI, etc.).

VideoFileReader has been superseded by VideoFileReader2.

This component uses FFmpeg to read video from a wide variety of formats. Make sure you have installed FFmpeg before attempting to use VideoFileReader.

The zperiod config item can be used to adjust the repeat period so it is an integer multiple of a chosen number, e.g. 4 frames for a PAL encoded sequence. It has no effect if looping is off.

Config
`path`	str	Path name of file to be read.
`looping`	str	Whether to play continuously. Can be `'off'` or `'repeat'`.
`type`	str	Output data type. Can be `'RGB'` or `'Y'`.
`16bit`	bool	Attempt to get greater precision than normal 8-bit range.
`noaudit`	bool	Don’t output file’s “audit trail” metadata.
`zperiod`	int	Adjust repeat period to an integer multiple of `zperiod`.

file_reader()[source]: Generator process to read file

Comments or questions? Please email jim@jim-easterbrook.me.uk.