why does pygame mixer can't play song at runtime

Question

I have an array of Song class objects that I created and I'm having problem playing music with pygame mixer.

as you can see, I have 4 songs in the working directory, I created an array of Songs object which have information about the different song. on particular function that I have created is getIndexName() which returns the name of the file. the name of the array is songsData.

If I would call the function: mixer.music.load("song1.mp3) and then mixer.music.play() it works fine, however if I would call: mixer.music.load(songsData[1].getIndexName()) and then mixer.music.play()

I'm getting an error:

mixer.music.load(songsData[1].getIndexName())
pygame.error: Couldn't open 'song2.mp3

I think that I have to determine which file I want to play at compilation time, but I don't know If I think right. If I'm right is there any module that can play mp3 files (or wav) and I can determine which file at run-time? (like calling random).

thanks for youre help!

Python is not a compiled language – Petr L. Aug 28 '21 at 13:11 — Petr L., Aug 28 '21 at 13:11
Make sure the song2.mp3 file is there – Petr L. Aug 28 '21 at 13:12 — Petr L., Aug 28 '21 at 13:12
Try to include the absolute path to the song file – Petr L. Aug 28 '21 at 13:13 — Petr L., Aug 28 '21 at 13:13
Your songsData list is empty before it is called? – LuckElixir Aug 28 '21 at 13:26 — LuckElixir, Aug 28 '21 at 13:26

Petr L. · Answer 1 · 2021-08-28T14:21:02.973

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You can use the VLC module:

import vlc
p = vlc.MediaPlayer("file:///home/user/Music/song1.mp3")
p.play()

Or try https://stackoverflow.com/a/68964908/11844784

edited Aug 28 '21 at 14:21

answered Aug 28 '21 at 13:18

Petr L.

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no need to fight guys! Same issue with vlc.. if Im writing the name of the file it works but if im getting the name from function it doesn't work – omerap12 Aug 28 '21 at 13:49
@omerap12 Make sure the file is actually there or that there aren't any typos in your file names. – Petr L. Aug 28 '21 at 13:52
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I checked, file there and no typos – omerap12 Aug 28 '21 at 14:10
Try this https://stackoverflow.com/a/68964908/11844784 – Petr L. Aug 28 '21 at 14:22

why does pygame mixer can't play song at runtime

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