to do most things with pygame you need to initialize a pygame window.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:50 AM, B W <stabbingfin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, you cannot use the dummy video driver if you want sound. At least I
> have not figured out a way to do it. You need at least a 1x1 window.
>
> Gumm
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Philip Le Riche <phi...@blueskylark.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Just trying to get started with pygame and stuck at square 1. All I want
>> to do is play sounds on a Raspberry Pi (Raspbian). No screen. Nothing
>> visual. So I do:
>>
>> import pygame, os, sys
>> from pygame.locals import *
>>
>> os.environ["SDL_VIDEODRIVER"] = "dummy"
>>
>> pygame.mixer.init()
>> sound = pygame.mixer.Sound("Exclamation.wav")
>> sound.play(loops = 0)
>> while pygame.mixer.music.get_busy() == True:
>> continue
>>
>> Having saved it in file try.py, I do
>>
>> python try.py
>>
>> and get
>>
>> xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
>>
>> Yes, I've done an apt-get update and upgrade. I can make sounds with
>> Sonic Pi but this produces nothing. Googling the error seemed to give no
>> relevant results. Can someone give me a hint please?
>>
>> Regards - Philip
>>
>
>
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