Devyn Collier Johnson, 20.07.2013 14:25: > On 07/20/2013 12:21 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote: >> Devyn Collier Johnson, 20.07.2013 03:06: >>> I am making a chatbot that I host on Launchpad.net/neobot. I am currently >>> converting the engine from BASH code to Python3. I need to convert this for >>> cross-platform compatibility. I do not need to use Mplayer; I just show the >>> below code to give others a better idea what I am doing. I would prefer to >>> be Python3 independent; I do not want to use the system shell. I am fine >>> with using Python3 modules like Pygame (if there is a py3 module). As long >>> as the code is fast, efficient, and simple without depending on the system >>> shell or external apps, that would be nice. I also need the code to execute >>> while the rest of the script continues running. >>> >>> jobs = multiprocessing.Process(SEND = subprocess.getoutput('mplayer >>> -nogui -nolirc -noar -quiet ./conf/boot.ogg')) #Boot sound# >> Well, since you mentioned it already, have you actually looked at pygame? >> It should be able to do what you want. There's also pyaudio, which is more >> specialised to, well, audio. A web search for python and ogg might provide >> more. > > Thanks Stefan! I have not heard of Pyaudio; I will look into that. As for > Pygame, I have not been able to find any good documentation for playing > audio files.
A quick duckduckgo search gave me this, at least: http://www.pygame.org/docs/ref/mixer.html > Plus, I recently learned that Pygame is not Python3 compatible. Looks like it's your lucky day: http://www.pygame.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#Does%20Pygame%20work%20with%20Python%203? Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list