pydub raises FIleNotFoundError when trying to get an mp3 file

Question

my code:

from pydub import AudioSegment

AudioSegment.ffmpeg = r"C:\Users\תמרה\AppData\Local\ffmpegio\ffmpeg-downloader\ffmpeg\bin\ffmpeg.exe"

sound = AudioSegment.from_mp3(r"C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\The Moon Drops - Nathan Moore.mp3")

the error raised:

"C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\file stuff.py" 
C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\venv\lib\site-packages\pydub\utils.py:170: RuntimeWarning: Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work
  warn("Couldn't find ffmpeg or avconv - defaulting to ffmpeg, but may not work", RuntimeWarning)
C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\venv\lib\site-packages\pydub\utils.py:198: RuntimeWarning: Couldn't find ffprobe or avprobe - defaulting to ffprobe, but may not work
  warn("Couldn't find ffprobe or avprobe - defaulting to ffprobe, but may not work", RuntimeWarning)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\file stuff.py", line 5, in <module>
    sound = AudioSegment.from_mp3(r"C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\The Moon Drops - Nathan Moore.mp3")
  File "C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\venv\lib\site-packages\pydub\audio_segment.py", line 796, in from_mp3
    return cls.from_file(file, 'mp3', parameters=parameters)
  File "C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\venv\lib\site-packages\pydub\audio_segment.py", line 728, in from_file
    info = mediainfo_json(orig_file, read_ahead_limit=read_ahead_limit)
  File "C:\Users\תמרה\PycharmProjects\spotify\venv\lib\site-packages\pydub\utils.py", line 274, in mediainfo_json
    res = Popen(command, stdin=stdin_parameter, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
  File "C:\Users\תמרה\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 971, in __init__
    self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
  File "C:\Users\תמרה\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\subprocess.py", line 1440, in _execute_child
    hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

Process finished with exit code 1

The mp3 file exists in the path I entered but for some reason, pydub does not find it. How to solve this?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '23 at 11:30

I can offer check this situation:

Encoding of path: you have non-ASCII characters in your paths. This problems in some cases on Windows systems. Try to relocate your ffmpeg and mp3 files to a directory with ASCII-only path.

Environment variable: you could add the directory of your ffmpeg binaries to your PATH environment variable, so Python can find it without needing to specify the directory explicitly.

pydub raises FIleNotFoundError when trying to get an mp3 file

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