[pygame] Re: Check Sound status in Pygame

[Wyatt Olson <wyatt.olson@xxxxxxxxx>]

OK, I found the method get_num_channels which seems to do this.  
However, I now need to be able to stop playing oldest sounds if I wish, 
to clear out space for other ones.  For instance, assume that I have 16 
channels defined.  I am trying to play 30 notes on the ride cymbal in a 
5 second interval.  The ride cymbal sample is 10 seconds long.  Without 
stopping sounds, once I play the sample 16 times, I cannot play any more 
until one of the samples finished playing.  What I would like to do is 
check how many samples are playing, and if the count is greater than 
some threshold, stop the oldest instance of the playing sound.  I can't 
seem to find any way to stop a single *instance* of a sound - if you 
call stop() or fadeout(), all instances of the sound will be stopped.  I 
realize that this requirement is a bit more unique for my application, 
but I imagine that manipulating individual instances of existing sounds 
can be useful to anyone.

Please let me know if I am missing something else which should be 
obvious to me.

Cheers

Wyatt Olson wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am developing a drum sequencer program using Pygame, and have a 
> (hopefully easy) architectural question for you.  How can you tell if 
> a Sound object is currently playing? (On any channel - I don't care 
> where it is playing, I just want to know if it is).  There is no 
> 'is_playing()' or similar method which I could find.  I imagine that 
> this is a pretty common request, so I must be just missing something.
>
> Thanks!