[Python-ideas] Cross Platform Python Sound Module/Library

[anatoly techtonik]

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:39:30 -0700
> Andrew Barnert <abarnert at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 26, 2013, at 16:59, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Oleg Broytman wrote:
> > >> Are there cross-platform audio libraries that Python could wrap?
> > >
> > > There's OpenAL:
> > >
> > >   http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/default.aspx
> > >
> > There's actually a bunch of options.
> >
> > The hard question is picking one and endorsing it as "right", or at least
> > "good enough to enshrine in stdlib ala tkinter".
>
> When you notice how "good enough" tkinter is (and has been for 10
> years at least), you realize the trap hidden in this question.
>
> Really, see my message earlier in this thread. This is better left to
> third-party libraries (which already exist, please do some research).
>

>From the other side if 80% of cases can be covered without Python packaging
problems - that's already an advantage. For example most people find date /
time functionality in Python enough to avoid using mxDateTime as a
dependency. As for audio, most people find it insufficient.
-- 
anatoly t.
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