Version 3.0.0

New functionalities:

• stop sounds by calling sound.stop()
• check if sound is still playing with sound.is_alive()

playsound3

Cross platform library to play sound files in Python.

Installation

Install via pip:

pip install playsound3

Quick Start

After installation, playing sounds is simple:

from playsound3 import playsound

# Play sounds from disk
playsound("/path/to/sound/file.mp3")

# or play sounds from the internet.
playsound("http://url/to/sound/file.mp3")

# You can play sounds in the background
sound = playsound("/path/to/sound/file.mp3", block=False)

# and check if they are still playing
if sound.is_alive():
    print("Sound is still playing!")

# and stop them whenever you like.
sound.stop()

Reference

playsound

def playsound(
    sound: str | Path,
    block: bool = True,
    backend: str | None = None,
) -> Sound

sound (required)
The audio file you want to play (local or URL).

block (optional, default=True)
Determines whether the sound plays synchronously (blocking) or asynchronously (background).

backend (optional, default=None)
Specify which audio backend to use. If None, the best backend is determined automatically.

To see a list of backends supported by your system:

from playsound3 import AVAILABLE_BACKENDS, DEFAULT_BACKEND

print(AVAILABLE_BACKENDS)  # for example: ["gstreamer", "ffmpeg", ...]
print(DEFAULT_BACKEND)  # for example: "gstreamer"

Sound

playsound returns a Sound object for playback control:

Method	Description
.is_alive()	Checks if the sound is currently playing.
.wait()	Blocks execution until playback finishes.
.stop()	Immediately stops playback.

Supported systems

• Linux
  • GStreamer
  • ALSA (aplay and mpg123)
• Windows
  • WMPlayer
  • winmm.dll
• macOS
  • AppKit
  • afplay
• Multiplatform
  • FFmpeg

Fork information

This repository was originally forked from playsound library created by Taylor Marks. The original library is not maintained anymore and doesn't accept pull requests. This library is a major rewrite of its original.

Feel free to create an issue or contribute to playsound3!