How to stop mplayer playing through python

Question

I am using my Raspberry Pi to play songs. I am trying to control the mplayer through a simple python programme. I have chosen python because I new to coding and have set up some simple imput driven menus to choose songs.

I found this code here to play the song :-

import os
SOUND = 'music.mp3'
command = 'mplayer %s 1>/dev/null 2>&1' % SOUND
os.system(command)

But I can't work out how to stop it part way through a track and return to my simple python menu to choose another option. Please help . . .

I guess you could try `os.system("pkill -9 mplayer")` – Joran Beasley Feb 09 '15 at 18:02 — Joran Beasley, Feb 09 '15 at 18:02
You could use `subprocess` and kill the process – Padraic Cunningham Feb 09 '15 at 18:02 — Padraic Cunningham, Feb 09 '15 at 18:02
or do it the right way as @PadraicCunningham suggests – Joran Beasley Feb 09 '15 at 18:03 — Joran Beasley, Feb 09 '15 at 18:03

Padraic Cunningham · Answer 1 · 2015-02-09T18:31:40.627

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You can use subprocess.Popen and kill the process whenever you want to end the song:

from subprocess import Popen

SOUND = 'music.mp3'
proc = Popen(['mplayer', '%s', '1>/dev/null', '2>&1',SOUND])
import time

time.sleep(3)
proc.kill()

edited Feb 09 '15 at 18:31

answered Feb 09 '15 at 18:12

Padraic Cunningham

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Thank you so much works a treat, I can eat my dinner in peace now. – Ross Feb 09 '15 at 18:56
No worries, enjoy dinner – Padraic Cunningham Feb 09 '15 at 19:02

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