shinymedia 0.1.0

Extends the Shiny web framework with controls for multimedia input/output.

shinymedia

shinymedia is a Python package that provides Shiny UI controls for recording and playing back media.

At this time it includes two components:

• shinymedia.input_video_clip for recording video clips using attached cameras
• shinymedia.audio_spinner for playing back audio with a spinning visualization

You can see these two components in action together in our live demo (source code), or keep reading.

Installation

From PyPI:

pip install shinymedia

Or to install the latest from GitHub:

pip install "shinymedia @ git+https://github.com/posit-dev/shinymedia?subdirectory=python-package"

Development

JavaScript

To develop the JavaScript components, you will need to have Node.js installed. Then, npm install in this directory to install dependencies.

After making changes to the TypeScript code in srcts, run npm run build to compile to JavaScript (or npm run watch to automatically recompile on changes). You can also run npm run typecheck to check for TypeScript type errors.

Python

To develop the Python package, you can install it in editable mode:

pip install -e python-package

Documentation

To build the documentation, first install additional dependencies:

pip install -e "python-package[docs]"

Then:

cd quarto
quartodoc build  # Build reference docs
quarto preview   # Serve the docs locally