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Kivy Cookbook

You're reading from   Kivy Cookbook Enhance your skills in developing multi-touch applications with Kivy

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783987382
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Kivy and the Kv Language FREE CHAPTER 2. Input, Motion, and Touch 3. Events 4. Widgets 5. Graphics – Canvas and Instructions 6. Advanced Graphics – Shaders and Rendering 7. The API in Detail 8. Packaging our Apps for PC 9. Kivy for Mobile Devices Index

Including multimedia for Linux


Again, we need to include the GStreamer to play videos or sounds in our packaged app. In this recipe, we are taking a simple app that plays a video and generate package with it.

Getting ready

We will use an app within multimedia. We are going to utilize the same app that we used in the Including multimedia for Windows and Including multimedia for Mac OS recipes in this chapter. It uses the e2.py code. Also, do read those recipes for further information.

This app needs the file GOR.mov which is the video that needs to be played. Also, it is highly recommended to read the previous recipe as the packaging process is explained in depth there.

How to do it…

Again, we are going to work directly in the terminal in the PyInstaller directory. We will create a package for an app that plays a video. To complete this recipe, follow the next steps:

  1. Locate the directory that has the files, e2.py and GOR.mov, something like:

    /home/Me/Documents/e2app/
    
  2. Go to the PyInstaller directory...

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