PyAudio

""" Play a WAVE file. """

import pyaudio
import wave
import sys

chunk = 1024

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print "Plays a wave file.\n\n" +\
          "Usage: %s filename.wav" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(-1)

wf = wave.open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')

p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

# open stream
stream = p.open(format =
                p.get_format_from_width(wf.getsampwidth()),
                channels = wf.getnchannels(),
                rate = wf.getframerate(),
                output = True)

# read data
data = wf.readframes(chunk)

# play stream
while data != '':
    stream.write(data)
    data = wf.readframes(chunk)

stream.close()
p.terminate()

""" Record a few seconds of audio and save to a WAVE file. """

import pyaudio
import wave
import sys

chunk = 1024
FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
CHANNELS = 1
RATE = 44100
RECORD_SECONDS = 5
WAVE_OUTPUT_FILENAME = "output.wav"

p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

stream = p.open(format = FORMAT,
                channels = CHANNELS,
                rate = RATE,
                input = True,
                frames_per_buffer = chunk)

print "* recording"
all = []
for i in range(0, RATE / chunk * RECORD_SECONDS):
    data = stream.read(chunk)
    all.append(data)
print "* done recording"

stream.close()
p.terminate()

# write data to WAVE file
data = ''.join(all)
wf = wave.open(WAVE_OUTPUT_FILENAME, 'wb')
wf.setnchannels(CHANNELS)
wf.setsampwidth(p.get_sample_size(FORMAT))
wf.setframerate(RATE)
wf.writeframes(data)
wf.close()

""" A wire between input and output. """

import pyaudio
import sys

chunk = 1024
FORMAT = pyaudio.paInt16
CHANNELS = 1
RATE = 44100
RECORD_SECONDS = 5

p = pyaudio.PyAudio()

stream = p.open(format = FORMAT,
                channels = CHANNELS,
                rate = RATE,
                input = True,
                output = True,
                frames_per_buffer = chunk)

print "* recording"
for i in range(0, 44100 / chunk * RECORD_SECONDS):
    data = stream.read(chunk)
    stream.write(data, chunk)
print "* done"

stream.stop_stream()
stream.close()
p.terminate()

""" Mac OS X only: specifying channel maps. """

import pyaudio
import wave
import sys

chunk = 1024

PyAudio = pyaudio.PyAudio

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print "Plays a wave file.\n\nUsage: %s filename.wav" % sys.argv[0]
    sys.exit(-1)

wf = wave.open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')

p = PyAudio()

# standard L-R stereo
# channel_map = (0, 1)

# reverse: R-L stereo
# channel_map = (1, 0)

# no audio
# channel_map = (-1, -1)

# left channel audio --> left speaker; no right channel
# channel_map = (0, -1)

# right channel audio --> right speaker; no left channel
# channel_map = (-1, 1)

# left channel audio --> right speaker
# channel_map = (-1, 0)

# right channel audio --> left speaker
channel_map = (1, -1)
# etc...

try:
    stream_info = pyaudio.PaMacCoreStreamInfo(
        # default:
        flags = pyaudio.PaMacCoreStreamInfo.paMacCorePlayNice,
        channel_map = channel_map)
except AttributeError:
    print "Sorry, couldn't find PaMacCoreStreamInfo. Make sure that" \
          " you're running on Mac OS X."
    import sys
    sys.exit(-1)

print "Stream Info Flags:", stream_info.get_flags()
print "Stream Info Channel Map:", stream_info.get_channel_map()

# open stream
stream = p.open(format =
                p.get_format_from_width(wf.getsampwidth()),
                channels = wf.getnchannels(),
                rate = wf.getframerate(),
                output = True,
                output_host_api_specific_stream_info = stream_info)

# read data
data = wf.readframes(chunk)

# play stream
while data != '':
    stream.write(data)
    data = wf.readframes(chunk)

stream.stop_stream()
stream.close()

p.terminate()