claxo on 2009/09/06 18:11:

for the pyweek compo you can put the first import into a try-except and in the except inform the user that it needs to install AVbin, with link :
http://code.google.com/p/avbin/
then terminate the game.
 
Thats a minimal, bug related change so it is fine to reupload.

Long term, your audio module keep flags about AVbin availability, and in each service in audio you check at the very beginning the flag, returning if no avail.
 
You can look an example of this in my entry, look at the audio.py in src. ( sadly, while this detail  works, the game is totally unfinished :(  )

devon on 2009/09/06 18:47:

in my game I just put this before I loaded all my mp3s/oggs (in a class that has a player):

        if pyglet.media.have_avbin:
            music = pyglet.resource.media( 'py_rasta_cave_loop.ogg' )
            self.player.queue( music )

Tee on 2009/09/06 19:35:

nitrofurano: Well, doing Pyweeks is a great opportunity to learn how to make better games. There's motivation, there's feedback, there's just the right amount of pressure and there are people to help with problems. :)

Regarding the issue of this thread, I see avbin as a requirement like any other. I think it's up to the user to install it, as long as they're informed about it.