Re: [pygame] Noob question: playing sounds

[Philip Le Riche <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, this is strange. In /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/examples there is sound.py. This must have worked for someone once, and it doesn't include anything about creating a window. When I run it for the first time it makes a click but doesn't play the sound. It produces the xcb_connection_has_error() message but seems to ignore it.

Adding pygame.display.set_mode((1,1)) to my program (which otherwise now is very similar to sound.py) doesn't help. This is driving me nuts!

Regards - Philip

On 02/06/2015 13:58, diliup gabadamudalige wrote:

to do most things with pygame you need to initialize a pygame window.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:50 AM, B W <stabbingfinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, you cannot use the dummy video driver if you want sound. At least I have not figured out a way to do it. You need at least a 1x1 window.

Gumm

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Philip Le Riche <philip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Just trying to get started with pygame and stuck at square 1. All I want to do is play sounds on a Raspberry Pi (Raspbian). No screen. Nothing visual. So I do:

import pygame, os, sys
from pygame.locals import *

os.environ["SDL_VIDEODRIVER"] = "dummy"

pygame.mixer.init()
sound = pygame.mixer.Sound("Exclamation.wav")
sound.play(loops = 0)
while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy() == True:
ÂÂÂ continue

Having saved it in file try.py, I do

python try.py

and get

xcb_connection_has_error() returned true

Yes, I've done an apt-get update and upgrade. I can make sounds with Sonic Pi but this produces nothing. Googling the error seemed to give no relevant results. Can someone give me a hint please?

Regards - Philip

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