Audio

The audio API allows you to easily play audio files or stream URLs (.mp3, .wav, and modtracker .mod, .s3m, .xm). It is a wrapper around sndmixer, which can do much more but is a bit more verbose.

Available on:    ✅ CampZone 2020

Example

import audio

channel_id = audio.play('/apps/myapp/doom.mp3', volume=150)

Reference

FunctionParametersReturnsDescription
playfilename_or_url, [volume], [loop], [sync_beat], [start_at_next], [on_finished]Channel ID (int)Play a file (e.g. ‘/apps/myapp/sound.mp3’) or stream from a url (e.g. ‘http://my.stream/song.mp3'). Filename or url needs to end with the filetype (.mp3, .wav, .mod, .s3m, .xm).

Use volume (0-255) to set the volume for this channel (defaults to system volume).

Use loop=True to repeat after playback is done.

Use sync_beat=(BPM of the music, e.g. 120) and start_at_next (1-32) to start playback at the next x-th 8th note (example: 1 starts at next 8th, 2 at next 4th (namely 2x an 8th), 4 at half note, 8 at whole note, 32 at whole bar).

If on_finished is a function, it is called when the playback ends.

Resources are automatically freed after playback finishes.
stop_loopingchannel_id-Cancel the looping status of a channel. This will end playback after the sound is finished with its current playback.
stop_channelchannel_id-Cancel the playback of a channel immediately, and free its resources.

Known problems

  • Due to a bug in (presumably) our MicroPython version, stopping audio playback from a streaming URL causes a freeze in the MicroPython task. Therefore, you have to reboot your badge before you can play a different URL.
  • The current implementation can play around 4 wav files or 2 mp3 files at the same time without glitches or slowdowns. Any more can cause noticable artifacts.