add bandwidth to a file download in python
Another short code snippet I came up when writing the module download script
The following class keeps a download under a certain ratio and prints live download stats (KB/s).
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Archive for February, 2007
set timeout for a shell command in python
I wanted to run a shell command in python without knowing if the shell command is going to exit within reasonable time (adplay that was, sometimes it simply hangs).
Update: the “task” module of Rob Hooft seems to solve this exact problem. At the time I wrote this, the python.net website was down. I leave my solution here just for archive purpose.
Turn demoscene modules into mp3s
tunes of purple motion turned into mp3s are playing in itunes
If you were part of the demoscene in your former life, if you were and still are fond of modules (those sound files with the mod, xm, s3m, it, … ending), if you are a linux user and if you still want to listen to this music on your computer without doing all the tweaks of installing (or even compiling) music player plugins for itunes or amarok or if you simply want to listen to Purple Motions tunes on your mp3 player then this little tutorial is for you. If not, then you won’t have read that far anyway..