Re: [pygame] playing MP3s using pygame

[Prahlad Vaidyanathan <slime@vsnl.net>]

Hi,

On Tue, 09 Apr 2002 Frank Raiser spewed into the ether:
> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 09:40:13AM -0400, Prahlad Vaidyanathan wrote:
> > Someone on the python-tutor list mentioned that I could play MP3s using
> > pygame. So, I built pygame with SDL_mixer, and did the following :
> 
> build it with smpeg support too.
> 
> > Hence I gather pygame does not support MP3s - am I right, or is there
> > some black magic I can do to make it support them.
> 
> err.. it does. Except that mp3 is an mpeg layer and therefore supported
> by smpeg. Try this:
> 
> import pygame,pygame.movie
> m = pygame.movie.Movie("some file.mp3")
> m.play()
> print "yes it looks strange playing a movie when you just want sound :)"

Thanks ! This works right now. But, still pygame.mixer says "unsupported
format". I haven't fully explored what it is doing and why - I will
check that up and give more diagnostic info this evening.

Meanwhile, my player now (just about) supports MP3s :-)

pv.
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Prahlad Vaidyanathan  <http://www.symonds.net/~prahladv/>

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