Play audio with Python

Try playsound which is a Pure Python, cross platform, single function module with no dependencies for playing sounds.

Install via pip:

$ pip install playsound

Once you've installed, you can use it like this:

from playsound import playsound
playsound('/path/to/a/sound/file/you/want/to/play.mp3')

Take a look at Simpleaudio, which is a relatively recent and lightweight library for this purpose:

> pip install simpleaudio

Then:

import simpleaudio as sa

wave_obj = sa.WaveObject.from_wave_file("path/to/file.wav")
play_obj = wave_obj.play()
play_obj.wait_done()

Make sure to use uncompressed 16 bit PCM files.

Your best bet is probably to use pygame/SDL. It's an external library, but it has great support across platforms.

pygame.mixer.init()
pygame.mixer.music.load("file.mp3")
pygame.mixer.music.play()

You can find more specific documentation about the audio mixer support in the pygame.mixer.music documentation

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