simple problem on the first step: importing moviepy.editor

[fitipe]

hi there!

I'm new to python ( and to any programming languages, actually ). but I'd really like to learn ( already taking online lessons and following tutorials here and there ).

I'm inside a video-art project and would like to create a simple program to edit videos randomly. or, when and if I get the skills for it, a machine learning program which would have reasons to chose one video from another. anyways, that's future.

the present is:

I found this wonderful package that is probably gonna help me a lot into this process. I installed it through pip and tried to do as the first example tutorial says - "from moviepy.editor import *" ( so I should be able to use its commands through python, right? )

but when I do so ( and I tried many times ) I allways get the same:

" Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in
from moviepy.editor import *
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/moviepy/editor.py", line 31, in
from .video.io.downloader import download_webfile
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/moviepy/video/io/downloader.py", line 7, in
import requests
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'requests' "

I tried it running Python 3.6.5 on its IDLE shell, on a Jupyter Notebook and also on the terminal. the return is allways the same ... do someone know what I shoul do?

thanks a lot!!

[Zulko]

Sorry it is an issue with the current version. The error you see means that you should install the "requests" library. It must be installed the same way you installed moviepy, I am not sure which method you used. Once requests is installed it should work.

[fitipe]

hi zulko,
thanks a lot for the quick answer!

I installed moviepy simply by writing "pip install moviepy" on the terminal. how would you recomend me to install the "requests" library?

[Zulko]

pip install requests ;)

[fitipe]

thanks! hahaha
I'll try that out :)

[fitipe]

woooorks! thanks a lot :))

but now I got stuck in something else, lol
when I try to use VideoFileClip, I get this:

is it something I'm doing wrong this time?

( if I'm not asking too much xP )

[keikoro]

@fitipe I'm going to close this issue as the original question got solved. Please open a new issue if the problem described later on persists and it's not already being discussed in another open issue.

[dionathantborges]

Hello
I have a similar problem, but with a different error message.

I tried to install the "request" but was unsuccessful

>>> from moviepy.editor import *
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
    from moviepy.editor import *
  File "C:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\moviepy\editor.py", line 24, in <module>
    import imageio
  File "C:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\imageio\__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from .core import FormatManager, RETURN_BYTES
  File "C:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\imageio\core\__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    from .util import Image, Array, Dict, asarray, image_as_uint, urlopen
  File "C:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\imageio\core\util.py", line 19, in <module>
    import numpy as np
  File "C:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py", line 305, in <module>
    _win_os_check()
  File "C:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\numpy\__init__.py", line 302, in _win_os_check
    raise RuntimeError(msg.format(__file__)) from None
RuntimeError: The current Numpy installation ('C:\\PYTHON\\lib\\site-packages\\numpy\\__init__.py') fails to pass a sanity check due to a bug in the windows runtime. See this issue for more information: https://tinyurl.com/y3dm3h86

[tburrows13]

@dionathantborges, that is an issue with numpy, not moviepy. Did you try to follow the link and see what was suggested there?