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sounddevice._initialize()[source]§

Initialize PortAudio.

This temporarily forwards messages from stderr to /dev/null (where supported).

In most cases, this doesn’t have to be called explicitly, because it is automatically called with the import sounddevice statement.

sounddevice._terminate()[source]§

Terminate PortAudio.

In most cases, this doesn’t have to be called explicitly.

sounddevice._split(value)[source]§

Split input/output value into two values.

This can be useful for generic code that allows using the same value for input and output but also a pair of two separate values.

class sounddevice._StreamBase(kind, samplerate=None, blocksize=None, device=None, channels=None, dtype=None, latency=None, extra_settings=None, callback=None, finished_callback=None, clip_off=None, dither_off=None, never_drop_input=None, prime_output_buffers_using_stream_callback=None, userdata=None, wrap_callback=None)[source]§

Base class for PortAudio streams.

This class should only be used by library authors who want to create their own custom stream classes. Most users should use the derived classes Stream, InputStream, OutputStream, RawStream, RawInputStream and RawOutputStream instead.

This class has the same properties and methods as Stream, except for read_available/read() and write_available/write().

It can be created with the same parameters as Stream, except that there are three additional parameters and the callback parameter also accepts a C function pointer.

Parameters:
  • kind ({‘input’, ‘output’, ‘duplex’}) – The desired type of stream: for recording, playback or both.

  • callback (Python callable or CData function pointer, optional) – If wrap_callback is None this can be a function pointer provided by CFFI. Otherwise, it has to be a Python callable.

  • wrap_callback ({‘array’, ‘buffer’}, optional) – If callback is a Python callable, this selects whether the audio data is provided as NumPy array (like in Stream) or as Python buffer object (like in RawStream).

  • userdata (CData void pointer) – This is passed to the underlying C callback function on each call and can only be accessed from a callback provided as CData function pointer.

Examples

A usage example of this class can be seen at https://github.com/spatialaudio/python-rtmixer.