play audio file in the background

Question

I want to play an audio file in the background (without blocking the rest of my code) using Pydub library. Here is the code I have so far but it will wait till the audio finishes and then run the remaining of the code

sound = AudioSegment.from_wav('myfile.wav')
play(sound)
print("I like this line to be executed simoultinously with the audio playing")

suggest you read about python threads – Lior Cohen Mar 15 '20 at 16:33 — Lior Cohen, Mar 15 '20 at 16:33

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '20 at 17:46

Play your sound in a new thread:

from pydub import AudioSegment
from pydub.playback import play
import threading

sound = AudioSegment.from_wav('myfile.wav')
t = threading.Thread(target=play, args=(sound,))
t.start()

print("I like this line to be executed simoultinously with the audio playing")

play audio file in the background

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