--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/play-video.py	Fri Mar 29 21:20:12 2013 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys,getopt
+import cvutils
+
+options, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'hi:f:',['help', 'fps=']) 
+options = dict(options)
+print options
+
+if '--help' in options.keys() or '-h' in options.keys() or len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    print('Usage: '+sys.argv[0]+' --help|-h -i video-filename [-f first_frame] [--fps frame_rate]')
+    sys.exit()
+
+firstFrameNum = 0
+if '-f' in options.keys():
+    firstFrameNum = int(options['-f'])
+
+frameRate = -1
+if '--fps' in options.keys():
+    frameRate = int(options['--fps'])
+
+cvutils.playVideo(options['-i'], firstFrameNum, frameRate)