How to get sample rate of mp3 file using python

Question

I need to play this mp3 file using pygame but I dont know what the sample rate of the file is. I need some way to programaticaly get the sample rate of the audio file so that I can play it at the correct rate cuz if I dont then it just distorts the sound. Thanks for any help

Insurgent

Answer 1

Using pydub:

>>> from pydub import AudioSegment
>>> song = AudioSegment.from_mp3("file.mp3")
>>> song.frame_rate
44100

Or use pydub.utils.mediainfo():

>>> from pydub.utils import mediainfo
>>> info = mediainfo("file.mp3")
>>> print(info['sample_rate'])
44100

Adjacency

sorry I should have said this in the original post but I have tried that already but I cant seem to install the ffmpeg dependancy for that :/ – Insurgent

try to install the wheel version – Adjacency

You can also install the deps. readme – Adjacency

Installing the wheel version worked for me thank you so much! – Insurgent

This isn't a very efficient method. AudioSegment parses the entire MP3 file, which isn't necessary if all you want to get is meta data, like frame rate. – Aristocratic

Answer 2

The pydub answer is pretty good, until you use it with pyinstaller. Here is how to do what you are looking for with mutagen.

# Specifically MP3 file
from mutagen.mp3 import MP3
audio_info = MP3('FILENAME.mp3').info

# Generic audio file
import mutagen
audio_info = mutagen.File('FILENAME.ext').info

print(audio_info.sample_rate)

Ceramic