[SOLVED] How do I play an MP4 video file with python?

How do I play an MP4 video file with python?

I want to get an mp4 file to play in my own window, like pygame or tkinter. I know of opencv and pymovie, however I can't seem to find a working example. How can I achieve this?

I do not want to convert the mp4 into anything else. It has to be mp4 file format video if at all possible.

Solution

If you just want to play an mp4 video, then this opencv program will help you to do that.

import cv2

cap = cv2.VideoCapture("v2.mp4")
ret, frame = cap.read()
while(1):
   ret, frame = cap.read()
   cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
   if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q') or ret==False :
       cap.release()
       cv2.destroyAllWindows()
       break
   cv2.imshow('frame',frame)

You can change the name of the window as you like. If video file is in another directory, then give the patch of the video in the format 'Drive://x/x/xx.mp4'. 'ret' value shows whether the video file is read or not, frame wise.