How to play mp3 from bytes?

Question

Is there a way to play mp3 from bytes directly using python? If not, can I convert the binary to a different audio format and make the binary playable?

Edit: The following code works for wav files but not mp3

from pygame import mixer, time

mixer.pre_init(44100, -16, 2, 2048)
mixer.init()

data = open('filename.mp3', 'rb').read()
sound = mixer.Sound(buffer=data)

audio = sound.play()
while audio.get_busy():
    time.Clock().tick(10)

Edit: The problem has been solved, see my answer below if you're facing a similar issue

Solution 1

For anyone who might be facing a similar problem, this works

from pydub import AudioSegment
from pydub.playback import play
import io

data = open('filename.mp3', 'rb').read()

song = AudioSegment.from_file(io.BytesIO(data), format="mp3")
play(song)

Solution 2

I saw your pygame tag, so I'll to do this in pygame. Pygame can load files from bytes with this line: sound = pygame.mixer.Sound(bytes) or sound = pygame.mixer.Sound(buffer=bytes). I can't guarantee this will work with mp3 files, though, you may need to use OGG or WAV files, as bytes.

Comments

[tushar]

I've added a code snippet in my post. This works for wav but mp3 files sound corrupted.

[Rameez Ahmed Sayad]

Thanks for this option , I was struggling to get IPython Audio working

[Fernando B]

tried this, but getting an ffmpeg error, my question is did you have ffmpeg installed via pip or into your OS?