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| -rw-r--r-- | mediagoblin/media_types/tools.py | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mediagoblin/media_types/tools.py b/mediagoblin/media_types/tools.py index c3b3a3f0..3bc56e2c 100644 --- a/mediagoblin/media_types/tools.py +++ b/mediagoblin/media_types/tools.py @@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ import logging from mediagoblin import mg_globals -import gi -gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0') -from gi.repository import GObject, Gst, GstPbutils, GLib -Gst.init(None) - _log = logging.getLogger(__name__) @@ -36,6 +31,13 @@ def discover(src): ''' Discover properties about a media file ''' + # GStreamer might be not installed, so it should not be initialized on + # import, or an exception will be raised. + import gi + gi.require_version('Gst', '1.0') + from gi.repository import GObject, Gst, GstPbutils, GLib + Gst.init(None) + _log.info('Discovering {0}...'.format(src)) uri = 'file://{0}'.format(src) discoverer = GstPbutils.Discoverer.new(60 * Gst.SECOND) |