Windows
winsound
If you are a Windows user,the easiest way is to use winsound.You don't even need to install it.
Not recommended, too few functions
import winsound
winsound.PlaySound("Wet Hands.wav", winsound.SND_FILENAME)
# add winsound.SND_ASYNC flag if you want to wait for it.
# like winsound.PlaySound("Wet Hands.wav", winsound.SND_FILENAME | winsound.SND_ASYNC)
mp3play
If you are looking for more advanced functions, you can try mp3play.
Unluckily,mp3play is only available in Python2 and Windows.
If you want to use it on other platforms,use playsound despite its poor functions.If you want to use it in Python3,I will give you the modified version which is available on Python 3.(at the bottom of the answer)
Also,mp3play is really good at playing wave files, and it gives you more choices.
import time
import mp3play
music = mp3play.load("Wet Hands.wav")
music.play()
time.sleep(music.seconds())
Cross-platform
playsound
Playsound is very easy to use,but it is not recommended because you can't pause or get some infomation of the music, and errors often occurs.Unless other ways doesn't work at all, you may try this.
import playsound
playsound.playsound("Wet Hands.wav", block=True)
pygame
I'm using this code and it works on Ubuntu 22.04 after my test.
If it doesn't work on your machine, consider updating your pygame lib.
import pygame
pygame.mixer.init()
pygame.mixer.music.load("Wet Hands.wav")
pygame.mixer.music.play()
while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy():
pass
pyglet
This works on Windows but it doesn't work on my Ubuntu, so I can do nothing.
import pyglet
import time
sound = pyglet.media.load("Wet Hands.wav", "Wet Hands.wav")
sound.play()
time.sleep(sound.duration)
Conclusion
It seems that you are using Linux,so playsound may be your choice.My code maybe cannot solve your problem by using pygame and pyglet,because I always use Windows.If none of the solutions work on your machine,I suggest you run the program on Windows...
To other users seeing my answer, I have done many tests among many libraries,so if you are using Windows,you may try mp3play which can play both mp3 and wave files, and mp3play is the most pythonic, easy, light-weight and functional library.
mp3play in Python3
just copy the code below and create a file named mp3play.py in your working directory and paste the content.
import random
from ctypes import windll, c_buffer
class _mci:
def __init__(self):
self.w32mci = windll.winmm.mciSendStringA
self.w32mcierror = windll.winmm.mciGetErrorStringA
def send(self, command):
buffer = c_buffer(255)
command = command.encode(encoding="utf-8")
errorcode = self.w32mci(command, buffer, 254, 0)
if errorcode:
return errorcode, self.get_error(errorcode)
else:
return errorcode, buffer.value
def get_error(self, error):
error = int(error)
buffer = c_buffer(255)
self.w32mcierror(error, buffer, 254)
return buffer.value
def directsend(self, txt):
(err, buf) = self.send(txt)
# if err != 0:
# print('Error %s for "%s": %s' % (str(err), txt, buf))
return err, buf
class _AudioClip(object):
def __init__(self, filename):
filename = filename.replace('/', '\\')
self.filename = filename
self._alias = 'mp3_%s' % str(random.random())
self._mci = _mci()
self._mci.directsend(r'open "%s" alias %s' % (filename, self._alias))
self._mci.directsend('set %s time format milliseconds' % self._alias)
err, buf = self._mci.directsend('status %s length' % self._alias)
self._length_ms = int(buf)
def volume(self, level):
"""Sets the volume between 0 and 100."""
self._mci.directsend('setaudio %s volume to %d' %
(self._alias, level * 10))
def play(self, start_ms=None, end_ms=None):
start_ms = 0 if not start_ms else start_ms
end_ms = self.milliseconds() if not end_ms else end_ms
err, buf = self._mci.directsend('play %s from %d to %d'
% (self._alias, start_ms, end_ms))
def isplaying(self):
return self._mode() == 'playing'
def _mode(self):
err, buf = self._mci.directsend('status %s mode' % self._alias)
return buf
def pause(self):
self._mci.directsend('pause %s' % self._alias)
def unpause(self):
self._mci.directsend('resume %s' % self._alias)
def ispaused(self):
return self._mode() == 'paused'
def stop(self):
self._mci.directsend('stop %s' % self._alias)
self._mci.directsend('seek %s to start' % self._alias)
def milliseconds(self):
return self._length_ms
def __del__(self):
self._mci.directsend('close %s' % self._alias)
_PlatformSpecificAudioClip = _AudioClip
class AudioClip(object):
__slots__ = ['_clip']
def __init__(self, filename):
self._clip = _PlatformSpecificAudioClip(filename)
def play(self, start_ms=None, end_ms=None):
if end_ms is not None and end_ms < start_ms:
return
else:
return self._clip.play(start_ms, end_ms)
def volume(self, level):
assert 0 <= level <= 100
return self._clip.volume(level)
def isplaying(self):
return self._clip.isplaying()
def pause(self):
return self._clip.pause()
def unpause(self):
return self._clip.unpause()
def ispaused(self):
return self._clip.ispaused()
def stop(self):
return self._clip.stop()
def seconds(self):
return int(round(float(self.milliseconds()) / 1000))
def milliseconds(self):
return self._clip.milliseconds()
def load(filename):
"""Return an AudioClip for the given filename."""
return AudioClip(filename)
