MP4 ISO Base Media File Format Parser Library

Parses out and returns a limited set of MP4 boxes

Usage:

Parse boxes

import pymp4parse

boxes = pymp4parse.F4VParser.parse(filename='my.mp4')
for box in boxes:
    print box.type
    print dir(box)

Check is MP4 file

Reads the first box header at byte 0. Returns False if box header does not exist or is invalid

>>> pymp4parse.F4VParser.is_mp4(filename='my.mp4')
True
>>> pymp4parse.F4VParser.is_mp4(filename='/etc/resolv.conf')
False

Installation

pip install https://github.com/use-sparingly/mp4parse/zipball/master

Prerequisites

Pip should install prerequisites. In case you're manually installing, you'll need:

1. Bitstring - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bitstring/