Renato wrote: > Dear all, > > I found this nifty article on how to record your favourite radio show > using cron and mplayer: > http://grimthing.com/archives/2004/05/20/recording-streaming-audio-with-mplayer/ > > Because I couldn't get the date in the filename (and was too lazy to > look into sh/bash manuals), I decided to use Python. It was a good > choice, because I decided to improve the timer - learning some more > Python along the way! > > So, the idea is: > - cron runs the script at a specific time > - the script starts mplayer, and will keep checking the clock until > it's time to kill mplayer > - after mplayer has exited, oggenc is started to turn the raw WAV into > ogg > - and finally the remaining WAV is deleted > > This basic setting is quite easy, and I used os.spawnvp(os.P_WAIT,...), > along with another CRON entry to kill mplayer. > > But then I got more ambitious: I wanted the script to keep checking if > mplayer was alive - in case the connection goes down. Moreover, I would > rather have the script stop mplayer than cron. > > At this point, I thought I should get some professional help... :) What > is the right way to go? Would threads be overkill? If so, where can I > go about looking for process control/management without delving into > complex daemon architectures? > > So, rather than asking for code, I'm looking for guidance - this is a > didactic experience! > > Cheers, > > Renato
I would suggest you take a look at Python 'commands' module. The module lets you run Unix commands by taking them as parameters to function calls. That is all I can say with my level of expertise. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
