How do I play a sound in Python?

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I was wondering is there anyway I could play a sound without importing an external library like pygame. Something like this:

import os    
import sound

mysound = sound.load("mysound.mp3") # gets the sound "mysound.mp3"

while True:    
        input("Press enter to play sound")    
        sound.play(mysound) # plays the sound mysound        
        os.system('cls') # clears the console

You can find answer [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1804366/playing-mp3-files-with-python) — Cody, Sep 29 '12 at 14:22
It is quite contrived and probably not what you meant, but you can use: print "\a" to make a sound. — purpleladydragons, Sep 29 '12 at 17:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '12 at 14:20

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You cannot. You need some library.

answered Sep 29 '12 at 14:20

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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The standard library has some functions for playing .wav files (see winsound.PlaySound on Windows and the slightly outdated ossaudiodev for Linux), but AFAIK no methods for loading .mp3 files.

This question has several answers listing various third-party modules for playing sound.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Sep 29 '12 at 16:22

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How do I play a sound in Python?

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