[Pythonmac-SIG] Audio I/O

[Arthur Elsenaar]

On Apr 10, 2005, at 23:07, Jack Jansen wrote:

>
> On 2-apr-05, at 17:24, J. Devaney wrote:
>
>> I'm working on a python project that requires audio I/O (via the
>> soundcard) - I basically just need a stream that can be analyzed in
>> real-time and stored to a file.  I've looked into various options -
>> such as portaudio using a python wrapper - but since portability
>> isn't really I issue I was wondering if there was a more direct
>> (and simpler approach).
>
> There's the Carbon.Snd module, which interfaces to the old Sound 
> Manager, and there's the Quicktime module.
> I don't think the Quicktime module as shipped with Python 2.3 (which 
> Apple ships with 10.3) supports capturing, but I think that the 
> Quicktime module in 2.4 should support it. But: I don't know of people 
> who have tried it, so please report back here whether it works.
>
> You can also download and install the new Quicktime for Python 2.3: if 
> you open the experimental database in Package Manager you'll see it 
> listed.

I installed the backport to 2.3 of Quicktime from Bob's page. Is there 
any documentation on how to use this? A simple movieplayer example 
perhaps?

Is Apple's Speech manager also being worked on?

Thanks, Arthur.