playsound3

Cross platform library to play sound files in Python.

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install playsound3

Quick Start

Once installed, you can use the playsound function to play sound files:

from playsound3 import playsound

playsound("/path/to/sound/file.mp3")

# or use directly on URLs
playsound("http://url/to/sound/file.mp3")

Documentation

The playsound3 module contains a single function named playsound:

def playsound(sound, block=True, backend=None) -> None:
    """Play a sound file using an audio backend availabile in your system.

    Args:
        sound: Path or URL to the sound file. Can be a string or pathlib.Path.
        block: If True, the function will block execution until the sound finishes playing.
               If False, sound will play in a background thread.
        backend: Name of the audio backend to use. Use None for automatic selection.
    """
    ...

It requires one argument: sound - the path to the file with the sound you'd like to play. This should be a local file or a URL. There's an optional second argument: block which is set to True by default. Setting it to False makes the function run asynchronously. You can manually specify a backend by passing its name as the third argument. You can browse available backends by using playsound3.AVAILABLE_BACKENDS. It is recommended to use the default value of None to let the library choose the best backend available.

Supported systems

• Linux using one of the below backends, whichever is available:
  • GStreamer
  • FFmpeg
  • aplay for .wav and mpg123 .mp3
• Windows using winmm.dll (built-in on Windows)
• OS X using afplay utility (built-in on OS X)

Fork information

This repository was originally forked from playsound library created by Taylor Marks. The original library is unfortunately not maintained anymore and doesn't accept pull requests. This library: playsound3 is a major rewrite of the original, including its own set of tests hosted using GitHub Actions.

Compared to the original, playsound3:

• drops support for Python 2
• adheres to the latest PEP standards
• offers multiple backends with a fallback mechanism if the default backend is not available
• is accepting contributions