how to play a sound file repeatedly in loop

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varnikat t wrote:
> 
> How to run sound file repeatedly in loop ?
> 
> When I do this, it does nothing and terminates:
> 
> import pygst
> pygst.require("0.10")
> import gst, gtk
> 
> 
> n=0
> 
> while n<10:
>     player = gst.element_factory_make("playbin2", "player")
>     player.set_property("uri", "file:/home/varnika/hello.ogg")
>     player.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)
>     n=n+1
> 
It's not doing nothing, it's repeatedly making a player, starting it,
and then on the next iteration making another player and starting it.

The line:

     player.set_state(gst.STATE_PLAYING)

doesn't wait until the sound file has finished before returning.