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

Supported audio formats

The bare minimum supported by every backend are .mp3 and .wav files. Using them will keep your program compatible across different systems. To see an exhaustive list of extensions supported by a backend, refer to their respective documentation.

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!