launchmovie

#! /usr/bin/env python# This script will launch mplayer or xine depending # on the subtitle format (filename actually)import sysimport osmovieName = sys.argv[1]if len(movieName) < 1:   """Usage: ./launchmovie.py path/to/movie"""   sys.exit()   i = len(movieName) - 1while i > 0 and movieName[i] != ".":   i -= 1   if movieName[i] == ".":   sub = movieName[0:i]else:   # the movie filename didn't contain any dotts, must be some weird movie...   # but let's assume everything is in order   sub = movieNameif os.path.isfile(sub + ".idx"):   print "Launch movie with mplayer"   cmd = '/usr/bin/mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv "' + movieName + '"'   bad = 0      tochild, fromchild, childerror = os.popen3(cmd)      for line in childerror:      if line[-13:-1] == 'decode_audio':         bad = 1         tochild.close()   fromchild.close()   childerror.close()      if bad:      print 'ac3 sound detected, relaunching mplayer'      os.system('/usr/bin/mplayer -ac hwac3 -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv "' + movieName + '"')      else:   print "Launch movie with xine"   os.execl('/usr/bin/xine', 'xine', '--no-splash', '-f', movieName)