trying to make it run on both a computer of local deving and the pi

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.pyc
+*.log

data_centre.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def setup_logging():
 logger = setup_logging()
 
 ######## sets paths and constants ########
-PATH_TO_BROWSER = '/home/pi/pp_home/media' #TODO replace this with pi path name when i know what makes sense
+PATH_TO_BROWSER = get_the_current_dir_path() #TODO replace this with pi path name when i know what makes sense
 PATH_TO_DATA_OBJECTS = get_the_current_dir_path()
 EMPTY_BANK = dict(name='',location='',length=-1,start=-1,end=-1)
 

display_centre.py

@@ -261,7 +261,11 @@ canvas.pack()
 
 data = data_centre.data()
 
-video_driver = video_centre.video_driver(canvas)
+try:
+	video_driver = video_centre.video_driver(canvas)
+except Exception as e:
+    logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
+    logger.error(str(e))		
 
 last_scene = None
 

video_centre.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import time
-from omxdriver import OMXDriver #<== for deving only
+try:
+    from omxdriver import OMXDriver #<== for deving only
+    has_omx = True
+except ImportError:
+    has_omx = False
 from Tkinter import Tk, Canvas
 import data_centre
 
@@ -9,13 +13,14 @@ logger = data_centre.setup_logging()
 
 class video_driver(object):
     def __init__(self, widget = None):
-	logger.info('this is a test')
+
         self.widget = widget
         self.delay = 50
+        logger.info('the has_omx flag is {}'.format(has_omx))
+        if has_omx:
             self.last_player = video_player(self.widget,'a')
             self.current_player = video_player(self.widget,'b')
             self.next_player = video_player(self.widget,'c')
-
             self.manual_next = False
 
             self.widget.after(self.delay,self.begin_playing)
@@ -83,8 +88,11 @@ class video_driver(object):
 
 
     def get_info_for_video_display(self):
+        if has_omx:
             return self.current_player.bank_number, self.current_player.status, self.next_player.bank_number,\
                self.next_player.status, self.current_player.duration, self.current_player.video_length
+        else:
+            return 0, 'test', 1, 'test' , 0, 10
 
 
 class video_player(object):