ANN: PyMedia 1.2.1

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PyMedia 1.2.1 is out.

What is it ?
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PyMedia is a media library for Python based on following libraries:
libavcodec
libavformat.
libdvdcss
libdvdread
PyMedia has simple interface and suply data simple data types.

Features
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1. Audio decoding/encoding for the following audio types:
- mp2
- mp3
- ac3
- ogg
- wma
2. Video decoding/encoding for the followin types:
- mpeg1,2 ( dvd, vcd, svcd )
- mpeg4, xvid
- asf
- mov
3. Direct access to sound device
4. Sound manipulation classes such as Resampler
5. Direct access to cdda tracks for easy grabbing and encoding Audio CDs
6. Direct access to dvd tracks for playing DVD movies( all types )
7. Simple interface and portability( Windows/Linux )

Downoad
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Just check the http://pymedia.sourceforge.net and download the latest version( 1.2.1 ).

How to use
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You may find some really handy scripts in examples directory.
These are:
Video player( vplayer.py )
requires pydfb( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86491&package_id=107482 ) or pygame 1.6 patched with Overlay support( http://66.159.221.186/pygame-1.6-overlay.patch.gz )
Audio player( aplayer.py )
CDDA grabber( read_cdda_track.py )
Video recoder( encode_video.py, recode_video.py )
Audio recoder( recode_audio.py )

Plans
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- usb support for easy handling the usb devices
ability to write drivers in Python for devices that does not require fast speed
- more sound handling classes( SpectrAnalyzer, Equalizer )
- more codecs for audio playback( ape, flac )

Thank you,
Dmitry/