OpenAL is only making noise when I try to play a wav-file with 2116kbps, what is wrong?

Question

I am trying to play a wav-file with the bit rate 2116kbps with Python using the OpenAL library but it only produces white noise. What am I missing?

The audio file is working properly if I use VLC-player. The file also works fine if I reduce the bit rate to 1411kbps. I am running Python3.7.2

>>> import openal
>>> source = openal.oalOpen("test.wav")
>>> source.play() # Makes white noise

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 01 '19 at 15:02

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With openAl you need to keep checking if the file is still playing

while source.get_state() == AL_PLAYING:

time.sleep(1)

And don't forget to close it

oalQuit()

answered Apr 01 '19 at 15:02

Tsvetomir Batinov

Doesn't really make any difference – RasmusN Apr 01 '19 at 15:10
You might want to check some of your computer codex, because for me it works perfectly fine with .wav file (on windows 10) – Tsvetomir Batinov Apr 01 '19 at 15:22
If there was something wrong with the codec on my computer, wouldn't it affect other media players as well? – RasmusN Apr 02 '19 at 01:44
I am not sure, but i tested the same code on my machine and it worked well, so there might be an underlying problem – Tsvetomir Batinov Apr 02 '19 at 16:40

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