List of objects X Database

2007-10-03 Thread MindMaster32
I am writing a script that has to read data from an ASCII file of
about 50 Mb and do a lot of searches and calculations with that data.
That would be a classic problem solved by the use of a database
(SQLite would suit just fine), but that would require the user to
install more packages other than python itself, and that I am trying
to avoid.
Since the data is not too large, I wonder if there is another way to
store all data in memory and work with it more or less like a
database, doing searches and working with datafields.

This is not clear to me how can be implemented. I thought of creating
a class with the data structure, and creating a list of objects of
that class, each one containing one line of data from the "database".

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Thanks!
Eduardo

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Movement recognition in video file

2007-11-15 Thread mindmaster32
Hi,

I am looking for a python tool or module that helps me build a script
that can perceive object moves in a video file captured by a (web)
camera. My main goal is to be able to count people entering a store
using the store's surveillance camera.

I know of some packages like Eyesweb (gestural recognition package) or
Pure Data's module called GEM, but I don't know any written in python.

Thanks
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Re: Movement recognition in video file

2007-11-15 Thread mindmaster32
Thanks guys, I will give those solutions a try!



[EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu:

> On Nov 15, 8:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for a python tool or module that helps me build a script
> > that can perceive object moves in a video file captured by a (web)
> > camera. My main goal is to be able to count people entering a store
> > using the store's surveillance camera.
> >
> > I know of some packages like Eyesweb (gestural recognition package) or
> > Pure Data's module called GEM, but I don't know any written in python.
> >
> > Thanks
>
> You could use something like PyMedia to iterate the frames in the
> video, then process the image using something like PIL or numpy.
> Other possibilities might include gstreamer, or any other multimedia
> library that has python bindings.  Depending on your exact needs,
> python may be too slow for the "guts" of the algorithm, but certainly
> could be used for prototyping and/or glue code.
>
> I've used PyMedia with both PIL and numpy to do some video processing
> in the past.  If you need help getting started, just ask.
>
> --Nathan Davis
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