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18.2 winsound -- Sound-playing interface for Windows
Availability: Windows.
New in version 1.5.2.
The winsound module provides access to the basic sound-playing machinery provided by Windows platforms. It includes a single function and several constants.
- PlaySound (sound, flags)
- Call the underlying PlaySound() function from the Platform API. The sound parameter may be a filename, audio data as a string, or
None. Its interpretation depends on the value of flags, which can be a bit-wise ORed combination of the constants described below. If the system indicates an error, RuntimeError is raised.
- SND_FILENAME
- The sound parameter is the name of a WAV file.
- SND_ALIAS
- The sound parameter should be interpreted as a control panel sound association name.
- SND_LOOP
- Play the sound repeatedly. The SND_ASYNC flag must also be used to avoid blocking.
- SND_MEMORY
- The sound parameter to PlaySound() is a memory image of a WAV file. Note: This module does not support playing from a memory image asynchonously, so a combination of this flag and SND_ASYNC will raise a RuntimeError.
- SND_PURGE
- Stop playing all instances of the specified sound.
- SND_ASYNC
- Return immediately, allowing sounds to play asynchronously.
- SND_NODEFAULT
- If the specified sound cannot be found, do not play a default beep.
- SND_NOSTOP
- Do not interrupt sounds currently playing.
- SND_NOWAIT
- Return immediately if the sound driver is busy.
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