created video.py

This file takes an absolute path to the folder where there are considerable number of videos and randomly plays them

Author: thewhitetulip

video.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import os
+import subprocess
+import random
+
+path=""
+video_list=[]
+
+def set_path():
+	if not os.path.exists("./path.txt"):
+		path = raw_input("Enter the path where videos are stored")
+		if path !="":
+			try:
+				f=open("./path.txt","w")
+			except(IOError):
+				print "Something is wrong with the file"
+				exit
+			f.write(path)
+			f.close()
+
+def play():	
+	try:
+		f = open("./path.txt")
+	except(IOError):
+		print "Path invalid, please try again"
+		exit
+	path = f.readline()
+	f.close()
+	
+	video_list = os.listdir(path)
+	os.chdir(path)
+	
+	subprocess.Popen(["vlc", video_list[random.randint(0,len(video_list)-1)]])
+
+if __name__=="__main__":
+	set_path()
+	play()