import subprocess import traceback import uuid import os from dss import settings def generate_waveform(input_file, output_file): try: print "Starting decode : %s\n\tIn: %s\n\tOut: %s" % \ (settings.DSS_LAME_PATH, input_file, output_file) convert_command = "%s %s -c 1 -t wav - | %s -w 1170 -h 140 -o %s /dev/stdin" % \ (settings.DSS_LAME_PATH, input_file, settings.DSS_WAVE_PATH, output_file) print "Convert command: %s" % convert_command result = os.system(convert_command) print result if os.path.exists(output_file): #crop the image as it looks nice with zoom from PIL import Image import glob im = Image.open(output_file) w, h = im.size im.crop((0, 0, w, h / 2)).save(output_file) return output_file else: print "Unable to find working file, did LAME succeed?" return "" except Exception, ex: print "Error generating waveform %s" % (ex)