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Yolo McSwaggins
Yolo McSwaggins

Reputation: 21

Pygame: Unable to open .mp3 file

So... Whenever I try to run this block of code:

import pygame, sys, time
from pygame.locals import *

pygame.init()

DISPLAYSURF = pygame.display.set_mode((400, 300))
pygame.display.set_caption('Memes.')

meme = pygame.mixer.Sound('JUST DO IT.mp3')
meme.play()
time.sleep(2)
meme.stop()

while True: # Main Loop
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()
    pygame.display.update()

I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Slay-Slay\Desktop\Python\Python Code\play soun.py", line 9, in <module>
    meme = pygame.mixer.Sound('JUST DO IT.mp3')
pygame.error: Unable to open file 'JUST DO IT.mp3'

Both the code and the sound are in the same exact folder, before you ask. I don't know what the problem could be... I thought pygame supported .mp3?

EDIT: I just tried it with the pygame.mixer.music.load() function... And that didn't work either. It instead gave me this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Slay-Slay\Desktop\Python\Python Code\play soun.py", line 9, in <module>
    pygame.mixer.music.load('JUST DO IT.mp3')
pygame.error: Couldn't read from 'JUST DO IT.mp3'

I also tried different formats, such as WAV or OGG. Neither worked. I tried all 3 formats on the 2 different functions. All returned the same errors. "Couldn't read from" for music.load, and "Unable to open file" for Sound.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 26531

Answers (3)

Adrian Rosoga
Adrian Rosoga

Reputation: 482

MP3 file played correctly for me on both Windows 10 and Linux Fedora 31 (pygame 1.9.6, python 3), see below.

Your mileage may vary though as pygame docs states: "Be aware that MP3 support is limited. On some systems an unsupported format can crash the program, e.g. Debian Linux. Consider using OGG instead".

import time
from pygame import mixer

def play(soundfile, duration_secs):
    """Play a soundfile for a configurable duration"""

    mixer.init()
    mixer.music.load(soundfile)
    mixer.music.play()
    time.sleep(duration_secs)
    mixer.music.stop()
    mixer.quit()

# Play for 5 seconds
play('test.mp3', 5)

Upvotes: 0

Josh McCarter
Josh McCarter

Reputation: 61

So pygame only allows for files that are either OGG or a compressed WAV file to be played using Sound. However you can use music instead of sound to play mp3 files. Plus next time you can look up the info on the PyGame documentation here. https://www.pygame.org/docs/

import pygame, sys, time
from pygame.locals import *

pygame.init()

DISPLAYSURF = pygame.display.set_mode((400, 300))
pygame.display.set_caption('Memes.')


pygame.mixer.music.load("foo.mp3")
pygame.mixer.music.play()
time.sleep(2)
pygame.mixer.music.stop()

while True: # Main Loop

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == QUIT:
            pygame.quit()
            sys.exit()
    pygame.display.update()

just replace the foo.mp3 with your file

Upvotes: 3

le_wofl
le_wofl

Reputation: 303

There's another mixer method, music, that you should probably be using - music supports mp3, but sound doesn't. Try this.

pygame.mixer.music.load('JUST DO IT.mp3')
pygame.mixer.music.play()
time.sleep(2)
pygame.mixer.music.stop()

^that's a pretty dank meme by the way

Upvotes: 8

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