:mod:`!wave` --- Read and write WAV files ========================================= .. module:: wave :synopsis: Provide an interface to the WAV sound format. .. sectionauthor:: Moshe Zadka .. Documentations stolen from comments in file. **Source code:** :source:`Lib/wave.py` -------------- The :mod:`wave` module provides a convenient interface to the Waveform Audio "WAVE" (or "WAV") file format. Only uncompressed PCM encoded wave files are supported. .. versionchanged:: 3.12 Support for ``WAVE_FORMAT_EXTENSIBLE`` headers was added, provided that the extended format is ``KSDATAFORMAT_SUBTYPE_PCM``. The :mod:`wave` module defines the following function and exception: .. function:: open(file, mode=None) If *file* is a string, open the file by that name, otherwise treat it as a file-like object. *mode* can be: ``'rb'`` Read only mode. ``'wb'`` Write only mode. Note that it does not allow read/write WAV files. A *mode* of ``'rb'`` returns a :class:`Wave_read` object, while a *mode* of ``'wb'`` returns a :class:`Wave_write` object. If *mode* is omitted and a file-like object is passed as *file*, ``file.mode`` is used as the default value for *mode*. If you pass in a file-like object, the wave object will not close it when its ``close()`` method is called; it is the caller's responsibility to close the file object. The :func:`.open` function may be used in a :keyword:`with` statement. When the :keyword:`!with` block completes, the :meth:`Wave_read.close()` or :meth:`Wave_write.close()` method is called. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Added support for unseekable files. .. exception:: Error An error raised when something is impossible because it violates the WAV specification or hits an implementation deficiency. .. _wave-read-objects: Wave_read Objects ----------------- .. class:: Wave_read Read a WAV file. Wave_read objects, as returned by :func:`.open`, have the following methods: .. method:: close() Close the stream if it was opened by :mod:`wave`, and make the instance unusable. This is called automatically on object collection. .. method:: getnchannels() Returns number of audio channels (``1`` for mono, ``2`` for stereo). .. method:: getsampwidth() Returns sample width in bytes. .. method:: getframerate() Returns sampling frequency. .. method:: getnframes() Returns number of audio frames. .. method:: getcomptype() Returns compression type (``'NONE'`` is the only supported type). .. method:: getcompname() Human-readable version of :meth:`getcomptype`. Usually ``'not compressed'`` parallels ``'NONE'``. .. method:: getparams() Returns a :func:`~collections.namedtuple` ``(nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype, compname)``, equivalent to output of the ``get*()`` methods. .. method:: readframes(n) Reads and returns at most *n* frames of audio, as a :class:`bytes` object. .. method:: rewind() Rewind the file pointer to the beginning of the audio stream. The following two methods are defined for compatibility with the old :mod:`!aifc` module, and don't do anything interesting. .. method:: getmarkers() Returns ``None``. .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15 The method only existed for compatibility with the :mod:`!aifc` module which has been removed in Python 3.13. .. method:: getmark(id) Raise an error. .. deprecated-removed:: 3.13 3.15 The method only existed for compatibility with the :mod:`!aifc` module which has been removed in Python 3.13. The following two methods define a term "position" which is compatible between them, and is otherwise implementation dependent. .. method:: setpos(pos) Set the file pointer to the specified position. .. method:: tell() Return current file pointer position. .. _wave-write-objects: Wave_write Objects ------------------ .. class:: Wave_write Write a WAV file. Wave_write objects, as returned by :func:`.open`. For seekable output streams, the ``wave`` header will automatically be updated to reflect the number of frames actually written. For unseekable streams, the *nframes* value must be accurate when the first frame data is written. An accurate *nframes* value can be achieved either by calling :meth:`setnframes` or :meth:`setparams` with the number of frames that will be written before :meth:`close` is called and then using :meth:`writeframesraw` to write the frame data, or by calling :meth:`writeframes` with all of the frame data to be written. In the latter case :meth:`writeframes` will calculate the number of frames in the data and set *nframes* accordingly before writing the frame data. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Added support for unseekable files. Wave_write objects have the following methods: .. method:: close() Make sure *nframes* is correct, and close the file if it was opened by :mod:`wave`. This method is called upon object collection. It will raise an exception if the output stream is not seekable and *nframes* does not match the number of frames actually written. .. method:: setnchannels(n) Set the number of channels. .. method:: setsampwidth(n) Set the sample width to *n* bytes. .. method:: setframerate(n) Set the frame rate to *n*. .. versionchanged:: 3.2 A non-integral input to this method is rounded to the nearest integer. .. method:: setnframes(n) Set the number of frames to *n*. This will be changed later if the number of frames actually written is different (this update attempt will raise an error if the output stream is not seekable). .. method:: setcomptype(type, name) Set the compression type and description. At the moment, only compression type ``NONE`` is supported, meaning no compression. .. method:: setparams(tuple) The *tuple* should be ``(nchannels, sampwidth, framerate, nframes, comptype, compname)``, with values valid for the ``set*()`` methods. Sets all parameters. .. method:: tell() Return current position in the file, with the same disclaimer for the :meth:`Wave_read.tell` and :meth:`Wave_read.setpos` methods. .. method:: writeframesraw(data) Write audio frames, without correcting *nframes*. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Any :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted. .. method:: writeframes(data) Write audio frames and make sure *nframes* is correct. It will raise an error if the output stream is not seekable and the total number of frames that have been written after *data* has been written does not match the previously set value for *nframes*. .. versionchanged:: 3.4 Any :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted. Note that it is invalid to set any parameters after calling :meth:`writeframes` or :meth:`writeframesraw`, and any attempt to do so will raise :exc:`wave.Error`.