pygame.mixer - I recorded something and converted it to an mp3 file but it comes up with an error

Asked Mar 08 '19 at 21:41

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I am using:

mixer.init()
mixer.music.load("Recording.mp3")
mixer.music.play()

to play a recorded audio file. The file was origionaly m4a but that wasnt compatable.

the code outputs the error:

mixer.music.load("Recording.mp3")
pygame.error: Error reading the stream. (code 18)

asked Mar 08 '19 at 21:41

Glitchd

How did you convert the M4A to MP3? – AKX Mar 08 '19 at 21:47
@AKX went to the file location, clicked view, then clicked file name extensions, then went to rename and changed the file type. when i did this it said MP3 file next to it – Glitchd Mar 08 '19 at 21:52
Right, so you renamed the file without actually converting the data. That's why it doesn't work. – AKX Mar 09 '19 at 06:09
it says its an mp3 file tho – Glitchd Mar 09 '19 at 08:50
You can create a file called something.txt in Notepad, type words into it, then rename it into something.mp3. It doesn't make the data MP3. – AKX Mar 09 '19 at 10:45
ok so how do i properly convert it? – Glitchd Mar 09 '19 at 20:14
Googling "convert m4a to mp3" yields e.g. this online tool. https://online-audio-converter.com/ – AKX Mar 09 '19 at 21:52

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