OSError: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid... concatenating clips

Expected Behavior

I want to choose clips randomly from a directory and then concatenate them into a compilation. My code works fine a random number of times before inevitably failing with a WinError 6 seen below.

Actual Behavior

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/Administrator/PycharmProjects/Snapchat/Compile.py", line 26, in <module>
    + random.choice(os.listdir('D:\Snapchat Project\Good Videos')))
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\PycharmProjects\Snapchat\venv\lib\site-packages\moviepy\video\io\VideoFileClip.py", line 121, in __init__
    nbytes=audio_nbytes)
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\PycharmProjects\Snapchat\venv\lib\site-packages\moviepy\audio\io\AudioFileClip.py", line 72, in __init__
    buffersize=buffersize)
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\PycharmProjects\Snapchat\venv\lib\site-packages\moviepy\audio\io\readers.py", line 50, in __init__
    infos = ffmpeg_parse_infos(filename)
  File "C:\Users\Administrator\PycharmProjects\Snapchat\venv\lib\site-packages\moviepy\video\io\ffmpeg_reader.py", line 256, in ffmpeg_parse_infos
    proc = sp.Popen(cmd, **popen_params)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 596, in __init__
    _cleanup()
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 205, in _cleanup
    res = inst._internal_poll(_deadstate=sys.maxsize)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\subprocess.py", line 1035, in _internal_poll
    if _WaitForSingleObject(self._handle, 0) == _WAIT_OBJECT_0:
OSError: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

from moviepy.editor import *
import os
import random


directory = r'D:\Snapchat Project\Compilations\\'

for root, dirs, files in os.walk(directory):
    existing_videos = len(files)


number_of_videos = 50
duration = 0
intro = VideoFileClip('D:\Snapchat Project\intro.mp4')
clips = [intro]
final_duration = random.randint(300, 500)
number = 0

for video in range(existing_videos + 1, existing_videos + number_of_videos):

    while duration < final_duration:

        print('D:\Snapchat Project\Good Videos\\'
              + random.choice(os.listdir('D:\Snapchat Project\Good Videos')))
        clip = VideoFileClip('D:\Snapchat Project\Good Videos\\'
                             + random.choice(os.listdir('D:\Snapchat Project\Good Videos')))

        if (clip.duration < 11) and (clip.duration > 4):

            clip = clip.resize(width=360, height=640)
            clips.append(clip)
            duration = duration + clip.duration

        else:

            continue

    clips.append(intro)

    final_clip = concatenate_videoclips(clips)
    final_clip.write_videofile('D:\Snapchat Project\Compilations\Comp ' + str(video) + '.mp4', fps=25)

    duration = 0
    clips = [intro]

Specifications

• Python Version: 3.6
• Moviepy Version: 0.2.3.5
• Platform Name: Windows
• Platform Version: Server 2012

I’m using PyCharm for development

[zillurbmb51]

Hello, I am having the same issue. I am using python 3.8. Any help?

> library(reticulate)
> use_condaenv("py3.8", required = TRUE)
> reticulate::repl_python()
Python 3.8.6 (C:/Users/zillu/anaconda3/envs/py3.8/python.exe)
Reticulate 1.16 REPL -- A Python interpreter in R.
>>> from pyspark import SparkContext, SparkConf
>>> conf = pyspark.SparkConf().setAppName("Spark Tutorials")
NameError: name 'pyspark' is not defined
>>> conf = SparkConf().setAppName("Spark Tutorials")
>>> sc = SparkContext.getOrCreate(conf=conf)
OSError: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid
>>> import subprocess
>>> subprocess._cleanup = lambda: None
>>> sc = SparkContext.getOrCreate(conf=conf)
OSError: [WinError 6] The handle is invalid

[kalaschnik]

@lily1720 @shahla69 I encountered the same issue on Windows (not on Linux), as this is Windows-specific thing; see https://bugs.python.org/issue37380

This issue got fixed with Python 3.8. Try if upgrading to 3.8 solves WinError 6 for you. It did for me.