pydvdid2

Overview

pydvdid2 is a continuation of the stale pydvdid Python package. Just like its predecessor, this library is a pure Python implementation of the Windows API IDvdInfo2::GetDiscID method, as used by Windows Media Center to compute a 'practically unique' 64-bit CRC for metadata retrieval.

Differences from pydvdid

• Integrated pull request #1 by rlaphoenix in the original repo, making it possible to calculate the CRC64 without mounting the disk
• Introduced a pyproject.toml
• Dependencies have been updated
• Typings have been added where possible
• Fixed some logic error discovered during typing

Motivation

I needed a zero-knowledge way to recover some basic information about an inserted DVD or a mounted ISO image, and whilst googling ran across dvdid. A compiled solution didn't fit with my requirement, so I re-implemented it as a Python module. Kudos go to Christopher Key for originally developing dvdid and documenting the algorithm so thoroughly.

pydvdid2 is envisaged to be useful for DVD ripping scripts, custom Growl notifications, and media centre related home automation tasks.

Compatibility

Works only with Python 3.

Support for Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Availability

Get it from PyPI or directly from GitHub.

PyPI

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pip install pydvdid2

GitHub

Download a tagged version from the releases page, if available.

Examples

From the shell

$ crc64=$(pydvdid2 /dev/sr0)
$ echo $crc64
f8f9d45140065acc
$ curl --get https://1337server.pythonanywhere.com/api/v1/?mode=s&crc64=$crc64
{
  "mode": "search",
  "results": {
    "0": {
      "crc_id": "f8f9d45140065acc",
      "date_added": "2023-02-04 20:47:28.839849",
      "disctype": "None",
      "hasnicetitle": "True",
      "imdb_id": "tt0208092",
      "label": "SNATCH",
      "no_of_titles": "None",
      "poster_img": "None",
      "title": "Snatch",
      "tmdb_id": "None",
      "validated": "False",
      "video_type": "movie",
      "year": "2000"
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

From Python

pydvdid2 has a decidely simple API, with the important bits imported into the package level so they can be conveniently imported directly from the package.

>>> from pydvdid import compute
>>> crc64 = compute("/dev/sr0")  # or "E:" e.t.c
>>> str(crc64)
'f8f9d45140065acc'
>>> from urllib import urlopen
>>> urlopen(f"https://1337server.pythonanywhere.com/api/v1/?mode=s&crc64={crc64}").read()
{
  "mode": "search",
  "results": {
    "0": {
      "crc_id": "f8f9d45140065acc",
      "date_added": "2023-02-04 20:47:28.839849",
      "disctype": "None",
      "hasnicetitle": "True",
      "imdb_id": "tt0208092",
      "label": "SNATCH",
      "no_of_titles": "None",
      "poster_img": "None",
      "title": "Snatch",
      "tmdb_id": "None",
      "validated": "False",
      "video_type": "movie",
      "year": "2000"
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

License

Apache License, Version 2.0