Python Multimedia Beginner's Guide -- Python Multimedia Beginner's Guide -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Time for action - heading -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - heading -- Have a go hero - heading -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Python and Multimedia -- Multimedia -- Multimedia processing -- Image processing -- Audio and video processing -- Compression -- Mixing -- Editing -- Animations -- Built-in multimedia support -- winsound -- audioop -- wave -- External multimedia libraries and frameworks -- Python Imaging Library -- PyMedia -- GStreamer -- Pyglet -- PyGame -- Sprite -- Display -- Surface -- Draw -- Event -- Image -- Music -- Time for action - a simple application using PyGame -- What just happened? -- QT Phonon -- Other multimedia libraries -- Snack Sound Toolkit -- PyAudiere -- Summary -- 2. Working with Images -- Installation prerequisites -- Python -- Windows platform -- Other platforms -- Python Imaging Library (PIL) -- Windows platform -- Other platforms -- PyQt4 -- Windows platform -- Other platforms -- Summary of installation prerequisites -- Reading and writing images -- Time for action - image file converter -- What just happened? -- Creating an image from scratch -- Time for action - creating a new image containing some text -- What just happened? -- Reading images from archive -- Time for action - reading images from archives -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add new features to the image file converter -- Basic image manipulations -- Resizing -- Time for action - resizing -- What just happened? -- Rotating -- Time for action - rotating -- What just happened? -- Flipping -- Time for action - flipping -- What just happened? -- Capturing screenshots.

Time for action - capture screenshots at intervals -- What just happened? -- Cropping -- Time for action - cropping an image -- What just happened? -- Pasting -- Time for action - pasting: mirror the smiley face! -- What just happened? -- Project: Thumbnail Maker -- Time for action - play with Thumbnail Maker application -- What just happened? -- Generating the UI code -- Time for action - generating the UI code -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - tweak UI of Thumbnail Maker dialog -- Connecting the widgets -- Time for action - connecting the widgets -- What just happened? -- Developing the image processing code -- Time for action - developing image processing code -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - enhance the ThumbnailMaker application -- Summary -- 3. Enhancing Images -- Installation and download prerequisites -- Adjusting brightness and contrast -- Time for action - adjusting brightness and contrast -- What just happened? -- Tweaking colors -- Time for action - swap colors within an image! -- What just happened? -- Changing individual image band -- Time for action - change the color of a flower -- What just happened? -- Gray scale images -- Cook up negatives -- Blending -- Time for action - blending two images -- What just happened? -- Creating transparent images -- Time for action - create transparency -- What just happened? -- Making composites with image mask -- Time for action - making composites with image mask -- What just happened? -- Project: Watermark Maker Tool -- Time for action - Watermark Maker Tool -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - do more with Watermark Maker Tool -- Applying image filters -- Smoothing -- Time for action - smoothing an image -- What just happened? -- Sharpening -- Blurring -- Edge detection and enhancements -- Time for action - detecting and enhancing edges -- What just happened?.

Embossing -- Time for action - embossing -- What just happened? -- Adding a border -- Time for action - enclosing a picture in a photoframe -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 4. Fun with Animations -- Installation prerequisites -- Pyglet -- Windows platform -- Other platforms -- Summary of installation prerequisites -- Testing the installation -- A primer on Pyglet -- Important components -- Window -- Image -- Sprite -- Animation -- AnimationFrame -- Clock -- Displaying an image -- Mouse and keyboard controls -- Adding sound effects -- Animations with Pyglet -- Viewing an existing animation -- Time for action - viewing an existing animation -- What just happened? -- Animation using a sequence of images -- Time for action - animation using a sequence of images -- What just happened? -- Single image animation -- Time for action - bouncing ball animation -- What just happened? -- Project: a simple bowling animation -- Time for action - a simple bowling animation -- What just happened? -- Animations using different image regions -- Time for action - raindrops animation -- What just happened? -- Project: drive on a rainy day! -- Time for action - drive on a rainy day! -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add more effects -- Summary -- 5. Working with Audios -- Installation prerequisites -- GStreamer -- Windows platform -- Other platforms -- PyGobject -- Windows platform -- Other platforms -- Summary of installation prerequisites -- Testing the installation -- A primer on GStreamer -- gst-inspect and gst-launch -- Elements and pipeline -- Plugins -- Bins -- Pads -- Dynamic pads -- Ghost pads -- Caps -- Bus -- Playbin/Playbin2 -- Playing music -- Time for action - playing an audio: method 1 -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - play audios from a playlist -- Building a pipeline from elements -- Time for action - playing an audio: method 2.

What just happened? -- Pop Quiz - element linking -- Playing an audio from a website -- Have a go hero - use 'playbin' to play local audios -- Converting audio file format -- Time for action - audio file format converter -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - do more with audio converter -- Extracting part of an audio -- The Gnonlin plugin -- Time for action - MP3 cutter! -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - extend MP3 cutter -- Recording -- Time for action - recording -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 6. Audio Controls and Effects -- Controlling playback -- Play -- Pause/resume -- Time for action - pause and resume a playing audio stream -- What just happened? -- Stop -- Fast-forward/rewind -- Project: extract audio using playback controls -- Time for action - MP3 cutter from basic principles -- What just happened? -- Adjusting volume -- Time for action - adjusting volume -- What just happened? -- Audio effects -- Fading effects -- Time for action - fading effects -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add fade-in effect -- Echo echo echo... -- Time for action - adding echo effect -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add Reverberation Effect -- Panning/panorama -- Have a go hero - control panorama effect and more... -- Project: combining audio clips -- Media 'timeline' explained -- Time for action - creating custom audio by combining clips -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - change various properties of 'gnlfilesource' -- Audio mixing -- Time for action - mixing audio tracks -- What just happened? -- Visualizing an audio track -- Time for action - audio visualizer -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - use other visualization plugins -- Summary -- 7. Working with Videos -- Installation prerequisites -- Playing a video -- Time for action - video player! -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add playback controls.

Playing video using 'playbin' -- Video format conversion -- Time for action - video format converter -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - batch-convert the video files -- Video manipulations and effects -- Resizing -- Time for action - resize a video -- What just happened? -- Cropping -- Time for action - crop a video -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add borders to a video -- Adjusting brightness and contrast -- Creating a gray scale video -- Adding text and time on a video stream -- Time for action - overlay text on a video track -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add subtitles to a video track! -- Separating audio and video tracks -- Time for action - audio and video tracks -- What just happened? -- Mixing audio and video tracks -- Time for action - audio/video track mixer -- What just happened? -- Saving video frames as images -- Time for action - saving video frames as images -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 8. GUI-based Media Players Using QT Phonon -- Installation prerequisites -- PyQt4 -- Summary of installation prerequisites -- Introduction to QT Phonon -- Main components -- Media graph -- Media object -- Sink -- Path -- Effects -- Backends -- Modules -- MediaNode -- MediaSource -- MediaObject -- Path -- AudioOutput -- Effect -- VideoPlayer -- SeekSlider -- volumeSlider -- Project: GUI-based music player -- GUI elements in the music player -- Generating the UI code -- Time for action - generating the UI code -- What just happened? -- Connecting the widgets -- Time for action - connecting the widgets -- What just happened? -- Developing the audio player code -- Time for action - developing the audio player code -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - add more features to the audio player -- Project: GUI-based video player -- Generating the UI code -- Time for action - generating the UI code -- What just happened?.

Connecting the widgets.