pixelvloed/client.py

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#!/usr/bin/python
"""This is an udp / binary client
Inspired by the PixelFlut projector on eth0:winter 2016 and
code from https://github.com/defnull/pixelflut/
"""
__version__ = 0.3
__author__ = "Jan Klopper <jan@underdark.nl>"
import random
from vloed import PixelVloedClient, Packet, RGBPixel, MAX_PIXELS
def RandomFill(screen, width, height):
"""Generates a random number of pixels with a random color"""
for _x in xrange(1, # at least one pixel
random.randint(10, MAX_PIXELS) # at most the max number of pixels
):
pixel = RGBPixel(random.randint(0, width), # select a random position on the width of the screen
random.randint(0, height), # select a random position on the height of the screen
random.randint(0, 255), # select a random value for red
random.randint(0, 255), # select a random value for green
random.randint(0, 255) # select a random value for blue
)
screen.show(pixel) # lets push the pixel to the screen!
def RunClient(options):
"""Discover the servers and start sending to the first one"""
client = PixelVloedClient(True, # start as soon as we find a server
options.debug, # show debugging output
options.ip, # ip of the server, None for autodetect
options.port, # port of the server None for autodetect
options.width, # Screen pixels wide, None for autodetect
options.height # Screen pixels height, None for autodetect
)
# Lets create a screen which buffers the pixels we add to it, and sends them to the actual screen.
screen = Packet(client)
# loop the effect until we cancel by pressing ctrl+c / exit the program
while screen:
# add some pixels to the screen with our functions
# the width/height are read from the client's config
RandomFill(screen, client.width, client.height)
if __name__ == '__main__':
# if this script is called from the command line, and thus not imported
# start a client and start sending messages
import optparse
parser = optparse.OptionParser()
parser.add_option('-v', action="store_true", dest="debug", default=False)
parser.add_option('-i', action="store", dest="ip", default=None)
parser.add_option('-p', action="store", dest="port", default=None,
type="int")
parser.add_option('-x', action="store", dest="width", default=None,
type="int")
parser.add_option('-y', action="store", dest="height", default=None,
type="int")
options, remainder = parser.parse_args()
try:
RunClient(options)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print 'Closing client'