Re: [pygame] movie size limit

[Rene Dudfield <rene1@py3d.org>]

sashan wrote:

> Is there a limit on the size of the move in megabytes that i can open 
> using movie.Movie('filename.txt')? Also a certain movie I've been 
> playing back only plays back 5 seconds of a total 15 seconds before 
> stalling. You can find the movie here 
> http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/videos/Alaskan_Malamute.MPG
Unfortunately pygame.movie does not work very well at the moment.  
SMPEG(the library that it uses) has movie playing issues.

Lots of people seem to have this problem.  Maybe five people recently on 
irc.  So perhaps a note in the docs about it not working well at the 
moment would be good.


"""
NOTE: Unfortunately pygame.movie does not work very well at the moment.  
SMPEG(the library that it uses) has movie playing , and mp3 playing 
issues.  If you are able; please help fix it, and report any bugs you find.
"""