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Re: [pygame] Noob question: playing sounds



I can verify that running:

 

$ python /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pygame/examples/sound.py

 

plays without error on my Kubuntu distro (x86_64 Linux kernel 3.19.0-18, pulseaudio 6.0). Must be a RPi issue?

 

~ Michael

 


On Wed : Jun 3, 2015 10:38:41 AM you wrote:

> 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

> > <mailto: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 <mailto: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:

> > 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

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > http://www.diliupg.com

> > http://soft.diliupg.com/

> >

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