OSError loading libmediainfo.so with pymediainfo 2.0 about pymediainfo HOT 4 CLOSED

Well, the documentation states that MediaInfo must be installed. If it is, the lib is installed as well :)
I'll update the doc to make it more clear.
As for your error, I don't think it's related to pymediainfo but rather to libzen on which mediainfo and its lib depend. Can you run the mediainfo binary?

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I thought sure I had tested it, but I see now that I'm getting the same error when I run mediainfo on the command line. So, clearly this was an issue with the mediainfo install. I guess the package dependencies were configured wrong, it looks like libzen didn't get installed with it. We put that on the system and now it's working fine both on the command line and through python.

I knew the library had to be installed. :-) I just wasn't sure if there were any more specifics than that, different versions of libmediainfo or anything like that.

Thanks so much for the swift response. Sorry for assuming the issue was with the new version of pymediainfo!

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@sbraz Can we have this as a check while installing?

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@devxpy I'm not sure how you would like to proceed. AFAIK other similar libraries do not have any requirement set at install time. I guess that those linking to libraries fail to build while those using ctypes like python-magic or pymediainfo will just fail at runtime.
If you're installing pymediainfo via one of the existing packages, you shouldn't have to worry about that.
What's more, pymediainfo can be used to load XML files generated by MediaInfo elsewhere so the library isn't a hard requirement, that's why this function was added:

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