Play audio with Python

How can I play audio (it would be like a 1 second sound) from a Python script?

It would be best if it was platform independent, but firstly it needs to work on a Mac.

I know I could just execute the afplay file.mp3 command from within Python, but is it possible to do it in raw Python? I would also be better if it didn't rely on external libraries.

Solution 1:

Your best bet is probably to use pygame/SDL. It's an external library, but it has great support across platforms.

pygame.mixer.init()
pygame.mixer.music.load("file.mp3")
pygame.mixer.music.play()

You can find more specific documentation about the audio mixer support in the pygame.mixer.music documentation

Solution 2:

Try playsound which is a Pure Python, cross platform, single function module with no dependencies for playing sounds.

Install via pip:

$ pip install playsound

Once you've installed, you can use it like this:

from playsound import playsound
playsound('/path/to/a/sound/file/you/want/to/play.mp3')