Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!xlned.com!feeder7.xlned.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; '"""': 0.07; 'args': 0.07; 'worked,': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'def': 0.12; 'cmd': 0.16; 'line)': 0.16; 'main():': 0.16; 'partly': 0.16; 'proc': 0.16; 'stdout': 0.16; 'url:8000': 0.16; 'command': 0.22; 'import': 0.22; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'skip:{ 20': 0.24; '(or': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.27; 'external': 0.29; 'skip:g 30': 0.30; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'url:non-standard http port': 0.33; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'problem.': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'hi,': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'how': 0.40; 'solve': 0.60; 'to:addr:gmail.com': 0.65; 'skip:r 40': 0.68; 'below.': 0.71; '============': 0.84; 'done;': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=NlflIhZeMgTBGBlvmrWpQRLafuSUwfw+8gajwcGDjm4=; b=q4M5n5+Iad8Ni3Xr+TXVhVHzHuHEdaOuP0z9fO9qsyw3+SrSB/CKe5sMgk4E90dcTO g3KbUH4aKirPrX6lrmZBpbr4Q2bF+3HMMLa81cW9/VTjic3jSEUd/81qAbyAMV2xAge9 txMmAY59zMYA6ZwEPzxy3Y1pXd9AHDeOUVIN07yAhabHBFz/AQJezqhqYc0zC2Gs0hFP U0o/jbYVaAD3TD0PbcXy7wddDj8etho5kxBZQWO9KXKX8EuE2sQ+w4yz7pL6GAzSXzwl NLusa4DEaj3Pn4yqmKixi65MWXCUwxk+AFfY9HdoWpTcclmxq/q6PmrWcRC3w6V0f+la /Qcg== X-Received: by 10.182.33.35 with SMTP id o3mr25706224obi.15.1395165111350; Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:51:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: From: Jabba Laci Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:51:31 +0100 Subject: Re: extract stream title from the output of mplayer To: Chris Angelico Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Python mailing list X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 48 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1395165114 news.xs4all.nl 2975 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53933 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:68512 > Python. (Or s/guess/hop/ if you prefer!) There are many ways this > could be done; what have you tried, what partly worked, what did > something unexpected? Hi, I managed to solve the problem. In the man of mplayer I found how to quit after X seconds: "-endpos X". See my solution below. Best, Laszlo ============ import re import shlex from subprocess import PIPE, Popen URL = 'http://relay2.slayradio.org:8000/' def get_exitcode_stdout_stderr(cmd): """ Execute the external command and get its exitcode, stdout and stderr. """ args = shlex.split(cmd) proc = Popen(args, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE) out, err = proc.communicate() exitcode = proc.returncode # return exitcode, out, err def get_title(): cmd = "mplayer -endpos 1 -ao null {url}".format(url=URL) out = get_exitcode_stdout_stderr(cmd)[1] for line in out.split("\n"): # print(line) if line.startswith('ICY Info:'): match = re.search(r"StreamTitle='(.*)';StreamUrl=", line) title = match.group(1) return title def main(): print(get_title())