Audio sinks¶

class spotify.AlsaSink(session, device='default')[source]¶

Audio sink for systems using ALSA, e.g. most Linux systems.

This audio sink requires pyalsaaudio. pyalsaaudio is probably packaged in your Linux distribution.

For example, on Debian/Ubuntu you can install it from APT:

sudo apt-get install python-alsaaudio

Or, if you want to install pyalsaaudio inside a virtualenv, install the ALSA development headers from APT, then pyalsaaudio:

sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev
pip install pyalsaaudio

The device keyword argument is passed on to alsaaudio.PCM. Please refer to the pyalsaaudio documentation for details.

Example:

>>> import spotify
>>> session = spotify.Session()
>>> audio = spotify.AlsaSink(session)
>>> loop = spotify.EventLoop(session)
>>> loop.start()
# Login, etc...
>>> track = session.get_track('spotify:track:3N2UhXZI4Gf64Ku3cCjz2g')
>>> track.load()
>>> session.player.load(track)
>>> session.player.play()
# Listen to music...

off()¶

Turn off the audio sink.

This disconnects the sink from the relevant session events.

on()¶

Turn on the audio sink.

This is done automatically when the sink is instantiated, so you’ll only need to call this method if you ever call off() and want to turn the sink back on.

class spotify.PortAudioSink(session)[source]¶

Audio sink for PortAudio.

PortAudio is available for many platforms, including Linux, OS X, and Windows. This audio sink requires PyAudio. PyAudio is probably packaged in your Linux distribution.

On Debian/Ubuntu you can install PyAudio from APT:

sudo apt-get install python-pyaudio

Or, if you want to install PyAudio inside a virtualenv, install the PortAudio development headers from APT, then PyAudio:

sudo apt-get install portaudio19-dev
pip install --allow-unverified=pyaudio pyaudio

On OS X you can install PortAudio using Homebrew:

brew install portaudio
pip install --allow-unverified=pyaudio pyaudio

For an example of how to use this class, see the AlsaSink example. Just replace AlsaSink with PortAudioSink.