Multithreading in Python scripting

Question

I am working on encoding a video. For that I need a thread that will encode the video while it is played and will exit when the video stops. How do I make this happen?

See [here](https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html). Note that because of the [GIL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/265687/why-the-global-interpreter-lock), you're probably going to want to use [`multiprocessing`](https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html) instead. — dano, Jul 22 '14 at 04:45
@user3230643 If my answer solves your problem, please confirm it. Thanks! — Stephen Lin, Jul 26 '14 at 01:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '14 at 08:58

You should put encoding in main process and put playing in a thread. Here is example, you have to fulfill it with your own code.

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

from threading import Thread

def encode_video():

    t = Thread(target=start_play, args=[])
    t.start()
    t.join()
    # here is code for encoding
    pass

def start_play():
    # here is code for starting
    pass


if __name__ =='__main__':

    encode_video()

Hope it helps.

Multithreading in Python scripting

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