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Now for a bit of Python. There are two example files you can download to your Pi and execute with python3. The first is an script that plays a different audio bell when when each button is pressed. The second code example is a jukebox which allows one to navigate through the files, play a selected sample and stop playback using the same three buttons.

Be sure to download the following MP3 files so that you can hear the samples playing. 

  1. temple-bell.mp3
  2. temple-bell-bigger.mp3
  3. temple-bell-huge.mp3

Pulling Down the Files on the Pi

We can use wget to pull down the audio files and code directly to the Pi we are working on.

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$ wget https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/raw/master/Playing_Sounds_and_Using_Buttons_with_Raspberry_Pi/temple-bell.mp3
$ wget https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/raw/master/Playing_Sounds_and_Using_Buttons_with_Raspberry_Pi/temple-bell-bigger.mp3
$ wget https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/raw/master/Playing_Sounds_and_Using_Buttons_with_Raspberry_Pi/temple-bell-huge.mp3
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/master/Playing_Sounds_and_Using_Buttons_with_Raspberry_Pi/audio-button.py
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/master/Playing_Sounds_and_Using_Buttons_with_Raspberry_Pi/simple-jukebox.py

Audio Button

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Mikey Sklar for Adafruit Industries
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

# This script requires a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or Zero. Circuit Python must
# be installed and it is strongly recommended that you use the latest
# release of Raspbian.

import time
import os
import board
import digitalio

print("press a button!")

button1 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D23)
button1.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
button1.pull = digitalio.Pull.UP

button2 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D24)
button2.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
button2.pull = digitalio.Pull.UP

button3 = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D25)
button3.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT
button3.pull = digitalio.Pull.UP

while True:

    # omxplayer -o local <file>
    # omxplayer -o hdmi <file>
    # omxplayer -o both <file>
    if not button1.value:
        os.system('omxplayer temple-bell.mp3 &')

    if not button2.value:
        os.system('omxplayer temple-bell-bigger.mp3 &')

    if not button3.value:
        os.system('omxplayer temple-bell-huge.mp3 &')

    time.sleep(.25)
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Running the audio-button.py script as indicated below should result in each button playing a different bell tone.

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sudo python3 ./audio-button.py

Simple Jukebox

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    https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Learning_System_Guides/blob/master/Playing_Sounds_and_Using_Buttons_with_Raspberry_Pi/simple-jukebox.py

Running the simple-jukebox.py as indicated below should result in each button having a different function. Audio selection, playing of the selected file and stop playing the audio file.

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$ sudo python3 ./simple-jukebox.py

Here, we get a list of mp3 files in the current directory, and then set up the following control scheme:

  • button #1 (GPIO 23) clicks through the list of available mp3s
  • button #2 (GPIO 24) plays the currently selected mp3
  • button #3 (GPIO 25) runs a command that kills any existing mp3 player processes, stopping whatever mp3s are playing right now
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This guide was first published on Jul 29, 2012. It was last updated on Jul 29, 2012.

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