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pythonpython-3.xtkinter
Shiven Sharma
Shiven Sharma

Reputation: 119

I am unable understand and solve the tkinter.Tclerror

I am unable to understand and unable to solve a tkinter.TclError in this following code that i have written till now. Pls solve this question i have got homework to make a mp3 player program using python and i want Submitted it quickly. And also conivence i have given the tracback also. Code

From tkinter import
root = Tk()

root.title("Creeper Awww Man MP3 Player")
root.geometry("500x400")

# Create Playlist Box 
playlist_box = Listbox(
    root,
    bg = "black",
    fg = "#4666FF",
    width = 60
)
playlist_box.pack(pady=20)

# Define Button Image For Controls
back_btn_img = PhotoImage(file='images/back.png')
forward_btn_img = PhotoImage(file='images/forward.png')
play_btn_img = PhotoImage(file='images/play.png')
pause_btn_img = PhotoImage(file='images/pause.png')
stop_btn_img = PhotoImage(file='images/stop.png')


# Create Button Frame
control_frame = Frame(root)
control_frame.pack(pady=20)

# Create Play/Stop etc Buttons
back_button = Button(control_frame, image=back_btn_img,)
forward_button = Button(control_frame, image=forward_btn_img,)
play_button = Button(control_frame, image=play_btn_img,)
pause_button = Button(control_frame, image=pause_btn_img,)
stop_button = Button(control_frame, image=stop_btn_img,)

back_button.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=10)
forward_button.grid(row=0, column=1, padx=10)
play_button.grid(row=0, column=2, padx=10)
pause_button.grid(row=0, column=3, padx=10)
stop_button.grid(row=0, column=4, padx=10)





root.mainloop()

And Error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mp3_player.py", line 19, in <module>
    forward_btn_img = PhotoImage(file='images/forward.png')
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/tkinter/__init__.py", line 4061, in __init__
    Image.__init__(self, 'photo', name, cnf, master, **kw)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/tkinter/__init__.py", line 4006, in __init__
    self.tk.call(('image', 'create', imgtype, name,) + options)
_tkinter.TclError: couldn't recognize data in image file "images/forward.png"

If you could help me I would be Thankful of you all and I would appreciate it.

Regards,

Shiven

Upvotes: 1

Views: 826

Answers (2)

Delrius Euphoria
Delrius Euphoria

Reputation: 15088

CASE 1:

Issue might be because png is not supported by your version of tkinter. So here is how to proceed using PIL/Pillow.

Start by installing it, say this in your terminal.

pip install Pillow

then...

from PIL import Image, ImageTk #import it
....
back_btn_img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open('images/back.png')) #instantiate the image

You can replicate the same format for the rest of the image files too.

One advantage is, with this, you can also resize you images.

CASE 2:

The error might also be because the file is not in the right format, are you sure you converted it correctly or is the file corrupted? You might want to check all these, and do the proper method for conversion(if converted by changing extension only). Keep in mind, if a file hello.jpg is to be converted to png, you should use a software or an online website to do so, but not renaming the file to hello.png.

Hope this helped, do let me know if any errors or doubts.

Cheers

Upvotes: 1

Manish Choudhary
Manish Choudhary

Reputation: 78

use PIL :

from tkinter import *
from PIL import ImageTk, Image

root = Tk()

root.title("Creeper Awww Man MP3 Player")
root.geometry("500x400")

# Create Playlist Box 
playlist_box = Listbox(
    root,
    bg = "black",
    fg = "#4666FF",
    width = 60
)
playlist_box.pack(pady=20)

back_btn_img = ImageTk.PhotoImage(Image.open('back.png').resize((50, 50), Image.ANTIALIAS)) 
# .resize(xx, xx) ,, changing image size


# Create Button Frame
control_frame = Frame(root)
control_frame.pack(pady=20)

# Create Play/Stop etc Buttons
back_button = Button(control_frame, image=back_btn_img,)


back_button.grid(row=0, column=0, padx=10)



root.mainloop()

Upvotes: 0

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