On 2008-04-26, Grayham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > I am new to this group so 'Hello All' > > I have a PC which is running linux and in it have installed a digital > satellite card. I would like to write some software to access the card, > tune it and bring back video. Basically a home brew DVB-s application. > > Being a non/new programmer (apart from some basic too many years ago) I > decided to teach my self Python as from what i have read it's an easy and > powerfull language to learn. I have been at it a few weeks and am getting > on OK and finding it reasonably OK to pick up. > > The problem is i can find little to no information on programming for DVB > cards or on how to access the Linux tv API in Python but I can find lots of > information in C. This is making me think should i bother with Python and > just learn C even though this will probably take a lot longer.
There are a couple of ways you can handle the problem: * You can use the ctypes modules to make C library calls. At first it seems a bit complicated, but it's really quite easy to use. http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ctypes.html * You can write a C wrapper for the library so that it can be accessed as a Python module. That's going to require a bit more C knowlege than the ctypes approach , but it's not as difficult as it looks. http://www.python.org/doc/ext/intro.html > Can some one help me or point me at a resource somewhere or > would it be best to just learn C instead. > > I am aware this is a complicated little project for someone > just starting out but it will be a multifaceted program with > loads of interesting classes, functions and loops and i don't > have to start with the really difficult stuff first. I just > want to know if it's possible under python to access the DVB > card and if so how? Freevo is a DVR system written in Python, so that might be a good place to look: http://doc.freevo.org/ -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I guess you guys got at BIG MUSCLES from doing too visi.com much STUDYING! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
