"""Module/script to byte-compile all .py files to .pyc files. When called as a script with arguments, this compiles the directories given as arguments recursively; the -l option prevents it from recursing into directories. Without arguments, if compiles all modules on sys.path, without recursing into subdirectories. (Even though it should do so for packages -- for now, you'll have to deal with packages separately.) See module py_compile for details of the actual byte-compilation. """ import os import sys import importlib.util import py_compile import struct try: from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor except ImportError: ProcessPoolExecutor = None from functools import partial __all__ = ["compile_dir","compile_file","compile_path"] def _walk_dir(dir, ddir=None, maxlevels=10, quiet=0): if not quiet: print('Listing {!r}...'.format(dir)) try: names = os.listdir(dir) except OSError: if quiet < 2: print("Can't list {!r}".format(dir)) names = [] names.sort() for name in names: if name == '__pycache__': continue fullname = os.path.join(dir, name) if ddir is not None: dfile = os.path.join(ddir, name) else: dfile = None if not os.path.isdir(fullname): yield fullname elif (maxlevels > 0 and name != os.curdir and name != os.pardir and os.path.isdir(fullname) and not os.path.islink(fullname)): yield from _walk_dir(fullname, ddir=dfile, maxlevels=maxlevels - 1, quiet=quiet) def compile_dir(dir, maxlevels=10, ddir=None, force=False, rx=None, quiet=0, legacy=False, optimize=-1, workers=1): """Byte-compile all modules in the given directory tree. Arguments (only dir is required): dir: the directory to byte-compile maxlevels: maximum recursion level (default 10) ddir: the directory that will be prepended to the path to the file as it is compiled into each byte-code file. force: if True, force compilation, even if timestamps are up-to-date quiet: full output with False or 0, errors only with 1, no output with 2 legacy: if True, produce legacy pyc paths instead of PEP 3147 paths optimize: optimization level or -1 for level of the interpreter workers: maximum number of parallel workers """ files = _walk_dir(dir, quiet=quiet, maxlevels=maxlevels, ddir=ddir) success = 1 if workers is not None and workers != 1 and ProcessPoolExecutor is not None: if workers < 0: raise ValueError('workers must be greater or equal to 0') workers = workers or None with ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=workers) as executor: results = executor.map(partial(compile_file, ddir=ddir, force=force, rx=rx, quiet=quiet, legacy=legacy, optimize=optimize), files) success = min(results, default=1) else: for file in files: if not compile_file(file, ddir, force, rx, quiet, legacy, optimize): success = 0 return success def compile_file(fullname, ddir=None, force=False, rx=None, quiet=0, legacy=False, optimize=-1): """Byte-compile one file. Arguments (only fullname is required): fullname: the file to byte-compile ddir: if given, the directory name compiled in to the byte-code file. force: if True, force compilation, even if timestamps are up-to-date quiet: full output with False or 0, errors only with 1, no output with 2 legacy: if True, produce legacy pyc paths instead of PEP 3147 paths optimize: optimization level or -1 for level of the interpreter """ success = 1 name = os.path.basename(fullname) if ddir is not None: dfile = os.path.join(ddir, name) else: dfile = None if rx is not None: mo = rx.search(fullname) if mo: return success if os.path.isfile(fullname): if legacy: cfile = fullname + 'c' else: if optimize >= 0: opt = optimize if optimize >= 1 else '' cfile = importlib.util.cache_from_source( fullname, optimization=opt) else: cfile = importlib.util.cache_from_source(fullname) cache_dir = os.path.dirname(cfile) head, tail = name[:-3], name[-3:] if tail == '.py': if not force: try: mtime = int(os.stat(fullname).st_mtime) expect = struct.pack('<4sl', importlib.util.MAGIC_NUMBER, mtime) with open(cfile, 'rb') as chandle: actual = chandle.read(8) if expect == actual: return success except OSError: pass if not quiet: print('Compiling {!r}...'.format(fullname)) try: ok = py_compile.compile(fullname, cfile, dfile, True, optimize=optimize) except py_compile.PyCompileError as err: success = 0 if quiet >= 2: return success elif quiet: print('*** Error compiling {!r}...'.format(fullname)) else: print('*** ', end='') # escape non-printable characters in msg msg = err.msg.encode(sys.stdout.encoding, errors='backslashreplace') msg = msg.decode(sys.stdout.encoding) print(msg) except (SyntaxError, UnicodeError, OSError) as e: success = 0 if quiet >= 2: return success elif quiet: print('*** Error compiling {!r}...'.format(fullname)) else: print('*** ', end='') print(e.__class__.__name__ + ':', e) else: if ok == 0: success = 0 return success def compile_path(skip_curdir=1, maxlevels=0, force=False, quiet=0, legacy=False, optimize=-1): """Byte-compile all module on sys.path. Arguments (all optional): skip_curdir: if true, skip current directory (default True) maxlevels: max recursion level (default 0) force: as for compile_dir() (default False) quiet: as for compile_dir() (default 0) legacy: as for compile_dir() (default False) optimize: as for compile_dir() (default -1) """ success = 1 for dir in sys.path: if (not dir or dir == os.curdir) and skip_curdir: if quiet < 2: print('Skipping current directory') else: success = success and compile_dir(dir, maxlevels, None, force, quiet=quiet, legacy=legacy, optimize=optimize) return success def main(): """Script main program.""" import argparse parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description='Utilities to support installing Python libraries.') parser.add_argument('-l', action='store_const', const=0, default=10, dest='maxlevels', help="don't recurse into subdirectories") parser.add_argument('-r', type=int, dest='recursion', help=('control the maximum recursion level. ' 'if `-l` and `-r` options are specified, ' 'then `-r` takes precedence.')) parser.add_argument('-f', action='store_true', dest='force', help='force rebuild even if timestamps are up to date') parser.add_argument('-q', action='count', dest='quiet', default=0, help='output only error messages; -qq will suppress ' 'the error messages as well.') parser.add_argument('-b', action='store_true', dest='legacy', help='use legacy (pre-PEP3147) compiled file locations') parser.add_argument('-d', metavar='DESTDIR', dest='ddir', default=None, help=('directory to prepend to file paths for use in ' 'compile-time tracebacks and in runtime ' 'tracebacks in cases where the source file is ' 'unavailable')) parser.add_argument('-x', metavar='REGEXP', dest='rx', default=None, help=('skip files matching the regular expression; ' 'the regexp is searched for in the full path ' 'of each file considered for compilation')) parser.add_argument('-i', metavar='FILE', dest='flist', help=('add all the files and directories listed in ' 'FILE to the list considered for compilation; ' 'if "-", names are read from stdin')) parser.add_argument('compile_dest', metavar='FILE|DIR', nargs='*', help=('zero or more file and directory names ' 'to compile; if no arguments given, defaults ' 'to the equivalent of -l sys.path')) parser.add_argument('-j', '--workers', default=1, type=int, help='Run compileall concurrently') args = parser.parse_args() compile_dests = args.compile_dest if (args.ddir and (len(compile_dests) != 1 or not os.path.isdir(compile_dests[0]))): parser.exit('-d destdir requires exactly one directory argument') if args.rx: import re args.rx = re.compile(args.rx) if args.recursion is not None: maxlevels = args.recursion else: maxlevels = args.maxlevels # if flist is provided then load it if args.flist: try: with (sys.stdin if args.flist=='-' else open(args.flist)) as f: for line in f: compile_dests.append(line.strip()) except OSError: if args.quiet < 2: print("Error reading file list {}".format(args.flist)) return False if args.workers is not None: args.workers = args.workers or None success = True try: if compile_dests: for dest in compile_dests: if os.path.isfile(dest): if not compile_file(dest, args.ddir, args.force, args.rx, args.quiet, args.legacy): success = False else: if not compile_dir(dest, maxlevels, args.ddir, args.force, args.rx, args.quiet, args.legacy, workers=args.workers): success = False return success else: return compile_path(legacy=args.legacy, force=args.force, quiet=args.quiet) except KeyboardInterrupt: if args.quiet < 2: print("\n[interrupted]") return False return True if __name__ == '__main__': exit_status = int(not main()) sys.exit(exit_status)

RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

We have started to work with CBS News, bringing our ideas of character-driven storytelling to one of the most successful and biggest networks in the United States. Since beginning to work with them ratings have climbed and more importantly, audience engagement is through the ceiling.

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New York Times Television

We started New York Times Television in 1990 and it was the first paper to be brought into the world of TV. It quickly became one of the most successful non-fiction production companies in the United States. The series and documentaries we produced won many awards including multiple Emmys.

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The BBC

We have been working with the BBC since the year 2000 helping to convert their national news network to our visual storytelling technique. Most recently we have trained teams from their sports, documentaries, and comedy divisions to make character-driven stories using only smartphones.

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Spectrum News

For the past five years we have worked with Spectrum News to introduce and train their journalists on visual, character driven storytelling using smartphones helping to create a different kind of local news for their network of 24-Hour News Stations across the United States.

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The United Nations

In 2006, we were approached by the United Nations. Rather than rely on news outlets, it would be much easier to train the field operatives to produce their own stories. We spent two years working with the UN, training more than 100 of their staff in bootcamps in Geneva and Nairobi.

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The Newark Star-Ledger

We trained 50 print reporters at the paper to shoot and tell their own stories, in conjunction with their print work. We built a TV newsroom in their existing print newsroom – you could not ask for a better set and they began to live stream their stories in conjunction with their print work.

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Mcgraw Hill

We spent two years with McGraw Hill, training more than 150 of their staffers, making them completely video literate. McGraw/Hill media properties we transit included Business Week, Aviation Week, (what was the name of the architecture magazine), and JD Power and Associates.

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Voice of America

In 1990, we were approached by The Voice of America, the official broadcasting agency for the United States Government. When we met with VOA, they were only a short wave radio broadcaster, but working with them, we took them into television, launching VOA-TV.

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Oyster Yachts

British based Oyster Yachts makes some of the finest yachts in the world. Like every other company, they had to find a way to feed the never-ending video demands of social media – sites like Instagram and TikTok. We trained the Oyster staff to tell their own stories, using only iPhones.

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Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

We were approached by SEPA, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency because they had to continually find a way to ‘feed the media beast’. The result was that SEPA was able to tell their own stories, whenever they wanted, and at almost no additional cost.

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Michael on Media

Michael Rosenblum has been writing about the media since 1988. His work and ideas have appeared in The Guardian, The Huffington Post, Ilkeston Life and many other publications.

He has been blogging regularly for the past 35 years on this subject. Having taught media studies at Columbia University, NYU and now the University of Oxford, he is considered an expert on this subject.

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RE-INVENTING THE TELEVISION NEWS BUSINESS*

A revolution in video storytelling

Creating entirely new & cost-effective production methods

From the world leaders in video production training and the creators of Character Driven Storytelling™

*and every other business that uses video

WHAT WE DO

Over the past 35 years, we have designed, built or restructured some of the most powerful news and journalism companies in the world.

We replace the traditional TV news ‘crew’ with one highly trained journalist, working alone with nothing but an iPhone.

No more TV news ‘crews’, no editors and no field producers.

This is television news done the way newspaper journalism is done – one reporter with their electronic pad and pencil.

In doing this, we can cut the cost of production by as much as 75% while increasing ratings and audience engagement.

In the place of conventional TV news ‘packages’ – ie, reporter stand up, interview, b-roll, man on the street, we marry great journalism with Netflix and Hollywood storytelling.

It’s a combination that works.

We have taken most of our clients to #1 in their respective markets.

And it’s not just for news. Any company, any profit, any NGO and anyone else who is online needs to tell their story in compelling yet cost-effective video. We can teach you to do that. Either in person or virtually.

EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE CAN TEACH YOUR STAFF TO PRODUCE

ITAY HOD

Itay Hod, MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2018.

Because he works alone, with only an iPhone, he was able to embed himself with a homeless family.

Here’s the story he produced in a one-day turn.

KIET DO

Kiet Do, an MMJ with KPIX/CBS in San Francisco, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2021.

Here is a story he produced, all on his own, with only an iPhone and in a one-day turn.

TAYLOR SCHAUB

Taylor Schaub, an MMJ with Spectrum News 1 in LA, took the 5-Day Intensive Video Storytelling Bootcamp in 2023.

Here is a story he turned in only one day, using only an iPhone. It was the first video story he ever did and it was nominated for an Emmy.

THE BOOTCAMP

How do we convert stations and whole networks to working in this way?

Since 1988, we have run intensive 5-Day Video Storytelling Bootcamps

We have done these all over the world.

These are hands-on bootcamps, and participants learn an entirely new way of creating TV news stories.

-We shoot at a 3:1 ratio or lower, so turnaround times are fast.

-We go directly from camera to timelilne and edit – no written scripts. We work in the medium of pictures and sound.

-We are entirely character-driven.

-We are driven by pictures and real events.

-We are focused almost entirely on ’the viewer experience’.

Since 1988, more than 70,000 journalists around the world have taken our bootcamps, either in person on virtualy.

Case Studies

CBS News

New York Times Television

The BBC

Spectrum News

The United Nations

The Newark Star-Ledger

Mcgraw Hill

Voice of America

Oyster Yachts

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

Michael on Media