Play mp3 on QAudioOutput with Python

JonB

@Flanagan
Ah, I forgot you were Python! I can see that might be a problem....

You really should say whether you are PyQt5 or PySide2? Does yours have QAudioBuffer::constData() or QAudioBuffer::data()? What does that say it returns? Have you tried just slapping in things like:

buf = QBuffer(audioBuf.constData())
buf = bytes(audioBuf.data())

and crossing your fingers?

At which point maybe I should butt out, perhaps someone knows more about what is required for your issue.

Flanagan

@JonB I use PySide2.
QAudioBuffer.constData() and QAudioBuffer.data() return ´´´VoidPtr´´´ -> <class 'shiboken2.shiboken2.VoidPtr'>

Apparently with your second option I do manage to create a QByteArray and, therefore, QBuffer but I don't hear anything.

No error, but no sound.

from PySide2 import QtWidgets, QtMultimedia
from PySide2.QtCore import QBuffer, QByteArray
from PySide2.QtMultimedia import QAudioOutput, QAudioDecoder


def my_read():
    audio_buffer = decoder.read()
    data = bytes(audio_buffer.constData())
    buffer = QBuffer(QByteArray(data))
    output.start(buffer)

app = QtWidgets.QApplication([])

devices = QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.availableDevices(QtMultimedia.QAudio.AudioOutput)
device = devices[0]
desire_audio_format = device.preferredFormat()

output = QAudioOutput(device, desire_audio_format)

decoder = QAudioDecoder()
decoder.setAudioFormat(desire_audio_format)
decoder.setSourceFilename('song.mp3')
decoder.bufferReady.connect(my_read)
decoder.start()

app.exec_()

SGaist

Hi,

Something worth checking: QAudioOutputSelectorControl.

Try to get the one from QMediaPlayer and change the output to the one you want to use. That way you do not need to go low level.

Hope it helps

Flanagan

@SGaist Thank you for the approach, i see QAudioOutputSelectorControl is deprecated

Why is obsolete? There isn't alternative for change output of mediaplayer?

I have tried this but the output is not changed, I think I am not passing the correct string to the QAudioOutputSelectorControl :: setActiveOutput method.

I have found this example and have relied on it to do the following: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28408590/qt5-how-to-set-default-audio-device-for-qmediaplayer
Sounds good but it sounds in the output of the operating system (devices[0]) and I want it in another (devices[1])

from PySide2 import QtWidgets, QtMultimedia
from PySide2.QtCore import QBuffer, QByteArray, QUrl
from PySide2.QtMultimedia import QAudioOutput, QAudioDecoder, QMediaPlayer

app = QtWidgets.QApplication([])

devices = QtMultimedia.QAudioDeviceInfo.availableDevices(QtMultimedia.QAudio.AudioOutput)
device = devices[1]
desire_audio_format = device.preferredFormat()

player = QMediaPlayer()
player.setMedia(QUrl.fromLocalFile('song.mp3'))
player.play()
service = player.service()
control = service.requestControl('org.qt-project.qt.audiooutputselectorcontrol/5.0')
control.setActiveOutput(device.deviceName())
service.releaseControl(control)

app.exec_()

SGaist

That is don't know, I completely missed the obsolete warning.

Did you try to change the output before starting to play the file ?

Flanagan

@SGaist Yes, it is the same :/. I read on stackoverflow i need device's id, not the name. I dont know where get that

SGaist

Do you mean from the code on the stack overflow thread ?

Flanagan

@SGaist I have these output devices on my pc:

I have a output device (a virtual cable called CABLE Input) that emit sounds to a input device (called Cable Output). The list only show my output devices.

I want play mp3 on my second output -> CABLE Input (VB-Audio Virtual Cable)

It seems that is his name but not his ID, i saw in stackoverflow i need the ID and pass to the method QAudioOutputSelectorControl.setActiveOutput a string ID.

SGaist

So you have an external application that allows you to do input/output mixing ?

Flanagan

@SGaist Yes, it's this: https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/

Although it doesn't matter, I only want to play mp3 in any output of my choice. That virtual cable or any other that is not the default of the operating system.