new_reader

Read stdin, files, multicast, udp, and http(s) URIs the same way.

from new_reader import reader

rdr = reader('udp://@235.35.3.5:3535')
rdr.read()

new_reader is used by threefive, x9k3, gumd, m3ufu, kabuki, and iframes.

How is new_reader.reader used?

# print a mpegts packet header via https

>>>> from new_reader import reader
>>>> with reader('https://so.slo.me/longb.ts') as rdr:
....     packet = rdr.read(188)
....     print(packet[:4])
....     
b'G@\x11\x10'

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• Files

    from new_reader import reader

    with reader("/home/you/video.ts") as data:
        fu = data.read()

• HTTP(S)

    from new_reader import reader

    with reader('http://iodisco.com/') as disco:
        disco.read()

    # Add http headers like this 
    
    with reader('http://iodisco.com/',headers={"myHeader":"DOOM"}) as doom:
        doom.read()

• Multicast

    from new_reader import reader

    with reader("udp://@227.1.3.10:4310") as data:
        data.read(8192)

• UDP

    from new_reader import reader

    udp_data =reader("udp://1.2.3.4:5555")
    chunks = [udp_data.read(188) for i in range(0,1024)]
    udp_data.close()

UDP and Multicast

• reader will set socket.SO_RCVBUF to twice the maximum value set in the OS for UDP and Multicast.
  • On OpenBSD

  sysctl net.inet.udp.recvspace

  • On Linux

  sysctl net.core.rmem_max

  • On Windows

   I.have.no.idea