Trying to use the core API play. about pysox

[rabitt]

Hey @tkamaal

Right now play is (somewhat opaquely) wrapped inside the preview() method of the Transformer and Combiner classes.

A minimal example would be:

import sox
tfm = sox.Transformer()
tfm.preview("path_to_a_file.wav")

any number of effects can be applied and previewed as well:

import sox
tfm = sox.Transformer()
tfm.reverb()
tfm.reverse()
tfm.preview("path_to_a_file.wav")

If these examples doesn't work on your system, it's likely because the sox installation on Windows doesn't come with the play binary. If so, please let me know!

[tkamaal]

Thank you @rabitt !

[jgmgoncalves]

If these examples doesn't work on your system, it's likely because the sox installation on Windows doesn't come with the play binary. If so, please let me know!

Hi! I'm facing a similar problem where anytime I use preview on Windows, I get the same error, even though the file path is correct:
"OSError: Play failed! [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified"

Is it possible to get the play binary for Windows?
Thanks!

[rabitt]

@jgmgoncalves can you check if you're able to run play filename.wav from a terminal window on your system, or if this is a pysox specific problem?

Linking to this forum which is relevant: https://sourceforge.net/p/sox/mailman/message/28683080/

If this is a persistent problem for windows users, we can test swapping the shell to play with sox and the -d flag.