libdiscid Python bindings
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python-libdiscid implements Python bindings for libdiscid using Cython. Both
Python 2 (>= 2.6) and 3 (>= 3.1) are supported.

Dependencies
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* libdiscid
* Cython (>= 0.15)

Note that the tarballs come with pre-built C source for the Cython module. So
Cython is only required if one builds python-libdiscid from the git repository
or if one wants to change anything in the Cython module.

Quick installation guide
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python-libdiscid is available in some distributions:

* Debian/Ubuntu: ``apt-get install python-libdiscid`` (Python 2) or
  ``apt-get install python3-libdiscid`` (Python 3)

python-libdiscid can be installed via ``pip``::

  pip install python-libdiscid

or by running::

  python setup.py install

If you just want to try it locally, run::

  python setup.py build_ext -i

and hack right away. You can also run::

  python setup.py build

but please make sure that ``build/lib.*`` is in ``sys.path`` before the source
folder.

A note for Windows users
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There are eggs available from PyPI that don't require the extension module to be
built. If these are used, it is still required to drop a working discid.dll in
``C:\WINDOWS\system32`` (or wherever it can be found).

Usage
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::

  from libdiscid import read

  disc = read("/dev/cdrom")
  print "id: %s" % (disc.id, )

License
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python-libdiscid is release under the Expat license. Check LICENSE for details.
