epsound

Minimalistic cross-platform library for playing sounds (from wav files).

• Works on Windows and Linux.
• Supports devices with architecture x86, x64 and arm.
• Provides minimal latency when starting and stopping sound playback.
• Suitable for adding sound effects to a device where you want to ensure maximum response speed.

Repository: https://github.com/EPC-MSU/epsound

Prerequisites

Your Linux system should have the following installed to successfully complete:

     $ sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev

Installation

Installation is very simple:

pip install epsound

Working example

import time
import epsound

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Let's create object of class WavPlayer and add sound from file with name "one" to it
    player = epsound.WavPlayer(wait = False)
    player.add_sound(file_name="sound.wav", sound_name="one")
    # Then let's play sound
    player.play("one")
    time.sleep(1)
    
    # Let's stop the sound after half a second
    player.play("one")
    time.sleep(0.5)
    player.stop()