Python MP3 Player

Question

I Am Trying To Play An MP3 File On Python , But I Can't Find The Right Module! I've Tried This:

import os
os.startfile('hello.mp3')

But I Just Got The Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/Youtube/text 2 speech/test.py", line 2, in <module>
    os.startfile('hello.mp3')
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'startfile'

I Have Also Tried This:

import vlc
p = vlc.MediaPlayer("file:hello.mp3")
p.play()

But I Get The Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/Youtube/text 2 speech/test.py", line 1, in <module>
    import vlc
ImportError: No module named 'vlc'

But I Still Can't Find The Right Module. Could Someone Please Help?

And is there some error message? Does a player start but no music is heard? What is your operating system? Try to be a bit more specific, otherwise we cannot really help! Also, see [How To Ask](http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask). — Teemu Risikko, Sep 24 '16 at 15:29
Just check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20021457/playing-mp3-song-on-python — Perf, Sep 24 '16 at 15:46

Rolf of Saxony · Answer 1 · 2016-09-26T09:06:57.063

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You will need to install the vlc.py module from https://wiki.videolan.org/Python_bindings

The absolute bare bones for this would be something like:

import vlc
Inst = vlc.Instance()
player = Inst.media_player_new()
Media = Inst.media_new_path('/home/rolf/vp1.mp3')
player.set_media(Media)
player.play()

Although you would need to check player.get_state() to see if it is still running, paused, stopped etc and player.stop() to stop the audio once started

As far as I am aware os.startfile() is only available for the windows operating system.
Using the play command line instruction (Linux and probably OS X)

import os
os.system('play /home/rolf/vp1.mp3')

You could also look at Gstreamer, although the documentation could do with some improvement.

import gst
player = gst.element_factory_make("playbin")
player.set_property("uri", "file:///home/james/vp1.mp3")
player.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)

play is stopped with player.set_state(gst.STATE_NULL),
pause with player.set_state(gst.STATE_PAUSED)

Note: Avoid tutorials for Gstreamer version 0.10, search instead for version 1.0
Both vlc and Gstreamer allow you to play audio and video, although, in my opinion, vlc in simpler to use but Gstreamer is more flexible.

edited Sep 26 '16 at 09:06

answered Sep 24 '16 at 16:25

Rolf of Saxony

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os.system is really, really old fashioned, proposed depricated. – Jacob Vlijm Sep 24 '16 at 16:56
@JacobVlijm Indeed but it beats `os.startfile('hello.mp3')` hands down! ;) – Rolf of Saxony Sep 25 '16 at 09:59
For straightforward use, on all platforms, there are better alternatives. – Jacob Vlijm Sep 25 '16 at 12:18
@JacobVlijm I'm simply answering the OP's specific question. If you have an opinion, state it but state it to the OP and not to me. I am already aware of the range of alternatives. – Rolf of Saxony Sep 26 '16 at 09:10
I Have Downloaded vlc.py And Put It In The Dictionary Of The Py File. – Random Person Sep 27 '16 at 15:25
It' s easiest if you put vlc.py in the same directory as your program file, especially as I don't know what you mean by "The Dictionary Of The Py File" – Rolf of Saxony Sep 28 '16 at 09:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '21 at 15:56

import pygame from pygame import mixer

def play_music(): global paused

if (paused):
    mixer.music.unpause()
    paused = False
else:
    music = choose_music[0]
    mixer.music.load(music)
    mixer.music.play()
    show_details(music)
    musicpage.mainloop()

Python MP3 Player

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